Paul-Henri Gaschignard

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Paul-Henri Gaschignard (born February 16, 1923 in Héric ; † January 17, 2016 ) was a French diplomat .

Life

Paul-Henri Gaschignard studied law in Rennes from 1941 to 1944 . Then he belonged to the 2nd division blindée in Paris . From 1946 to 1949 he attended the École nationale d'administration .

Gaschignard then worked under General Augustin Guillaume in the civil administration of French Morocco , until Morocco gained independence in 1956. After six months in the economic department of the Foreign Ministry , he moved to South Africa as secretary of the embassy . From 1960 to 1961 he was number two at the French embassy in Ghana . From 1963 Gaschignard belonged to the permanent representation of France to the United Nations in New Yorkon. He had a seat on the commission for non-self-governing areas. In 1969 he returned to the Foreign Ministry in Paris, in whose Africa directorate he dealt with the former French territories.

On November 13, 1972, Paul-Henri Gaschignard succeeded Claude-François Rostain as the French ambassador to Niger . During his term of office there were negotiations with the Nigerien President Hamani Diori , who wanted his country to share more profits in the French-dominated uranium mining , and Diori's overthrow in a military coup against which France did not intervene. After Peru broke off diplomatic relations with France in July 1973 because of its nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific , which were blamed for an earthquake, these were resumed on November 17, 1975 with the appointment of Paul-Henri Gaschignard as the new ambassador to Peru. His successor in Niger became Henri Costilhes on November 26, 1975 . On April 21, 1980, Jean Bouchaud became ambassador to Peru in place of Gaschignard. In 1980, Gaschignard was appointed Deputy Commandant of France at the Allied Command in Berlin . In 1985 he headed the French delegation to the Conference on Security, Confidence-Building Measures and Disarmament in Europe (KVAE). Most recently, he was responsible for combating terrorism at the Foreign Ministry in Paris .

Gaschignard retired in 1986. In old age he worked as a homeland researcher to his birthplace Héric. He died at the age of 92 and was buried in Héric's cemetery.

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dominique Bloyet, Paul Bernard Paul-Henri Gaschignard, souvenirs d'un ambassadeur. In: maville.com. August 31, 2008, accessed October 18, 2016 (French).
  2. ↑ a b List chronologique des ambassadeurs, envoyés extraordinaires, ministres plénipoteniaires et chargés d'affaires de France à l'étranger depuis 1945. (PDF) In: France Diplomatie. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development , pp. 84 and 89 , accessed on October 18, 2016 (French).
  3. ↑ Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 458 .
  4. ↑ Georges Pompidou et le Chili. (PDF) Association Georges Pompidou, May 2014, p. 1 , accessed on October 18, 2016 (French).
  5. ^ Jean Bouteiller: Archives de la paroisse de Héric. Sous-serie P-Héric (1811-2005). Repertoire numerique détaillé. (PDF) Actualisé en janvier 2012 by Véronique Bontemps. Diocèse de Nantes, January 2012, accessed on October 18, 2016 (French).
  6. ^ A b Avis de décès - Monsieur Paul-Henri Gaschignard. In: Dans Nos Coeurs. Retrieved October 18, 2016 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Gaschignard, Paul-Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Héric
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 2016