About Georges Figon
Lived 1926 – 1966 (aged 39). Georges Figon was a French barbouze and chemist.
Georges-Auguste Figon (21 October 1926 – 17 January 1966) was a French chemist who was a freelance barbouze (secret agent). He arranged the meeting with Mehdi Ben Barka in the Brasserie Lipp in Paris. He later told L'Express that he knew who killed Barka and accused General Oufkir, whom Figon had seen torturing Barka.
On 17 January 1966, before the second trial, Figon was found shot dead in his Paris apartment on Rue des Renaudes. Official records ruled death by suicide. In The Great Heroin Coup by Henrik Kruger, the author claims that Christian David shot and killed Figon.
In popular culture His involvement in the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka is the plot of the movie J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka (2005).
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Who was Georges Figon?
French chemist and secret agent (1926-1966)
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Georges Figon was born on 21 October 1926 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
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Georges Figon died on 17 January 1966.
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Georges Figon was a barbouze and chemist.
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Georges Figon was French.
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