About Jean Herly
Lived 1920 – 1998 (aged 78). Jean Herly was a French diplomat and civil servant.
Jean Herly (; 15 September 1920 – 17 November 1998) was a Minister of State for Monaco. He served between 1981 and 1985.
Biography Jean Herly was born in Grosbliederstroff in France, the first of two children. He studied law at the University of Paris, and stayed at the diplomatic school of the French government.
Career Services overseas, 1946–1962 First Secretary in the Embassy of France to Japan, 1959–1962 Consul General of France to Germany, location Düsseldorf, 1964–1966 Ambassador of France to Central African Republic and Chief of the services of the French-speaking in the south of Africa and of the Sahara, 1969–1973 Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of France to Israel, location Tel-Aviv, 1973–1977 Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of France to Morocco, location Rabat, 1978–1980 Diplomatic Counselor of the French government, 1980 Director of African and Madagascan affairs in the French ministry of foreign affairs, 1980–1981 Minister of State of the Principality of Monaco, 1981–1985 Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of His Most Serene Highness the Prince Rainier III of Monaco to Switzerland, location Berne, 1985–1991 Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of His Most Serene Highness the Prince Rainier III of Monaco to Germany, location Bonn, 1991–1998 Death in service as Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of His Most Serene Highness the Prince Rainier III of Monaco to Germany in 1998, location Bonn.
Awards and honors French honors
Monegasque honors
Foreign honors
Awards Croix de guerre des théâtres d’opérations extérieures, France
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Who was Jean Herly?
French civil servant (1920–1998)
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Jean Herly was born on 15 September 1920 in Grosbliederstroff.
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Jean Herly died on 17 November 1998 in Bonn.
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Jean Herly was a diplomat and civil servant.
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Jean Herly was French.
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