Charles Pasqua was a French businessman and Gaullist politician. He was Interior Minister from 1986 to 1988, under Jacques Chirac's cohabitation government, and also from 1993 to 1995, under the government of Edouard Balladur. Pasqua was born on 18 April 1927 in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes.

His paternal grandfather was a shepherd from Casevecchie, Corsica. He spoke Corsican fluently. As of 1987, his cousin served as the Mayor of Casevecchie.

During World War II, Pasqua joined the French Resistance at the age of sixteen.

Pasqua received his Baccalauréat, followed by a degree in Law. He was married to Jeanne Joly, from Quebec, Canada. They had a son, Pierre-Philippe Pasqua, who predeceased him, dying in February 2015.

He died of a heart attack on 29 June 2015 at the Foch Hospital in Suresnes, near Paris.