Louis Delamare
Louis Delamare (born November 12, 1921 in Trouville-sur-Mer , Calvados department , † September 4, 1981 in Beirut ) was a French diplomat , most recently with the rank of ambassador .
Delamare was the French ambassador to Lebanon in the early 1980s . On September 4, 1981, he was assassinated near the French embassy . Delamare was driving his company car at the time. Four attackers stopped him and tried to drag Delamare out of his car. When that didn't work, they opened fire on him. Delamare succumbed to his injuries in the hospital a few hours later.
Delamare was married and had four children.
Today a school in the town where he was born commemorates him.
See also
literature
- Martin Stäheli: Syrian foreign policy under President Hafez Assad. , Steiner, Stuttgart 2001 (also dissertation University of Zurich 2000), ISBN 3-515-07867-3 , p. 258
swell
- The Pittsburgh Press, September 4, 1981
Individual evidence
- ↑ Janet Podell: The Annual Obituary 1981
- ^ Homepage of the school (French) , accessed on October 20, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Delamare, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trouville-sur-Mer , Calvados department |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th September 1981 |
| Place of death | Beirut |