Claude Cheysson

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Claude Cheysson (1981)

Claude Cheysson (born April 13, 1920 in Paris ; † October 15, 2012 ibid) was a French diplomat (most recently with the rank of ambassador) and politician ( PS ).

Cheysson attended the traditional Paris high school Collège Stanislas and studied at the elite university École polytechnique . In 1943 he joined the French 2nd Panzer Division under Jacques-Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque . After the end of the war he belonged to the first year of the newly founded ENA . He joined the Foreign Ministry in 1948 and in 1949 became head of the liaison office for the German administration. During this time it was among other things about the future of the Saarland ; Cheysson held talks with Herbert Blankenhorn , a close associate of Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer . In 1952 Cheysson became an advisor to the government of French Indochina , was then head of cabinet to Prime Minister Pierre Mendès France from 1954 to 1955 and secretary general of the Commission for Technical Cooperation in Africa from 1957 to 1962. From 1966 to 1969 he was French ambassador to Indonesia .

From 1973 to 1981 he was the European Commissioner for Development and Cooperation . He is considered to be one of the key designers of the Lomé Convention of 1975.

From 1981 to 1984 Cheysson was French Foreign Minister in the government of Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy after François Mitterrand's victory . After German Chancellor Helmut Kohl took office , Mitterrand gave a speech prepared by Cheysson in the German Bundestag, in which he called for German loyalty to the implementation of the NATO double resolution and thus backed Kohl.

From 1985 Cheysson was again European Commissioner in the Delors I Commission until 1989 , this time responsible for Mediterranean policy and North-South connections . In 1989 he was elected to the European Parliament and was a member of parliament until 1994.

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  1. ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung : Former French Foreign Minister Cheysson died at the age of 92 , October 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ Cheysson & stemming = false & field = all # highlightedTerm documents from the Federal Archives , accessed on October 16, 2012
  3. ^ Ernst Weisenfeld: History of France since 1945. 3rd edition. Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-42007-9 , p. 279.
  4. ^ Page of the European Parliament on Cheysson , accessed on October 16, 2012
  5. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Cheysson, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician, MEP
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 2012
Place of death Paris