Jean Sauvagnargues
Appearance
Jean Sauvagnargues | |
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French Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 28 May 1974 – 27 August 1976 | |
President | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
Preceded by | Michel Jobert |
Succeeded by | Louis de Guiringaud |
Personal details | |
Born | Paris, France | 2 April 1915
Died | 6 August 2002 Lausanne, Switzerland | (aged 87)
Nationality | France |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
Jean Sauvagnargues (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ sovaɲaʁɡ]; 2 April 1915 – 6 August 2002) was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1974 to 1976 and was Ambassador to Ethiopia, Tunisia, West Germany, and the United Kingdom.[1][2] Sauvagnargues died on 6 August 2002 in Lausanne, aged 87.[3]
Honours
[edit]- Commandeur de la Légion d’Honneur,
- Commandeur de l’ordre national du Mérite,
- Croix de guerre.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jessel, Stephen. "Jean Sauvagnargues: Germanophile ambassador, and Foreign Minister of France who was in on the beginnings of European Monetary Union". The Guardian.
- ^ Staff. "Jean Sauvagnargues, 87; Was Foreign Minister for France 1974-'76". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Jean Sauvagnargues, 87, Paris Diplomat, Dies". The New York Times. 9 August 2002.
- ^ www.whoswho.fr
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