Jean-Bernard Raimond

Jean-Bernard Raimond (born February 6, 1926 in Paris - † March 7, 2016 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) was a conservative French politician who served as Foreign Minister in the government of Jacques Chirac from 1986 to 1988 and from the 1970s to 1990s was used as ambassador in several states . He was a member of the National Assembly from 1993 to 2002.

life and career

Raimond was born in 1926 and attended the École normal supérieure , where he graduated in 1947, and the École nationale d'administration .

He served in a number of roles within the civil service. In 1967 he became a member of the staff of Maurice Couve de Murville , who was French Foreign Minister at the time, and in 1978 with Louis de Guiringaud . He also held several posts as ambassador: from 1973 to 1977 he was ambassador to Morocco , from 1982 to 1984 in Poland , from 1985 to 1986 in the Soviet Union and from 1988 to 1991 in the Vatican . Between his terms as ambassador he worked in the Foreign Ministry; from 1986 to 1988 he was Foreign Minister.

In 1993 he was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the Gaullist Rassemblement pour la République (RPR) as a member of the Bouches-du-Rhône constituency of the city of Aix-en-Provence , and in 1997 he was re-elected for a further term that ended in 2002.

Raimond was very active in Franco-Moroccan relations and was also a member of a number of bilateral friendship committees, participated in international colloquiums and wrote several books.

Honors

Raimond has received several French and foreign honors, including as Officer of the Légion d'honneur and as Commander des Ordre national du Mérite , the Ordre des Palmes Académiques for services to education, the Ouissam Alaouite and the Grand Cross of the Papal Order of Pius .

bibliography

Le Quai d'Orsay à l'épreuve de la cohabitation , Flammarion, 1989, ISBN 2-08-066426-3
Le Choix de Gorbatchev , Odile-Jacob, 1992, ISBN 2-7381-0189-5
Jean Paul II, un pape au cœur de l'histoire , Le Cherche-Midi, 1999, ISBN 2-86274-999-0

Web links

Jean-Bernard Raimond Entry at the National Assembly

Individual evidence

^ Décès de l'ancien ministre des affaires étrangères Jean-Bernard Raimond . Le Figaro , March 7th 2016.
↑ ^a ^b ^c M. Jean-Bernard Raimond Entry at the National Assembly, accessed on January 17, 2013

personal data
SURNAME	Raimond, Jean-Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French diplomat and politician (RRP)
DATE OF BIRTH	February 6, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	March 7, 2016
Place of death	Neuilly-sur-Seine

[1] Décès de l'ancien ministre des affaires étrangères Jean-Bernard Raimond . Le Figaro , March 7th 2016.

[assemblee-nationale-2] M. Jean-Bernard Raimond Entry at the National Assembly, accessed on January 17, 2013