About Jean-Marc Boegner
Lived 1913 – 2003 (aged 89). Jean-Marc Boegner was a French diplomat.
Jean-Marc Boegner (3 July 1913 – 24 January 2003) was a French diplomat, promoted to the rank of ambassador in 1973.
Family Jean-Marc Boegner was born in Paris on 3 July 1913, the son of the theologian and pastor Marc Boegner and brother of the newspaper owner Philippe Boegner. With Odilie Moustier, he had three daughters, one of whom married Josselin de Rohan-Chabot.
Career Jean-Marc Boegner studied at the Faculty of Letters at the Sorbonne and the École libre des sciences politiques and went on to become: 1939: Attaché at the French embassy in Germany (Berlin) 1940: Attaché at the French embassy in Turkey (Ankara) 1941: Attaché at the French embassy in Lebanon (Beirut) 1945: Counsellor at the French embassy in Sweden 1947: Counsellor at the French embassy in the Netherlands 1948: Counsellor at the French Foreign Office 1952: Head of Department at the Quai d'Orsay (vice director of treaties) 1954: Minister Plenipotentiary 1955: Chief of Staff of the Minister at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Gaston Palewski 1958-1959: technical advisor to the President of the Council Charles de Gaulle January 1959: Technical Adviser to the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic November 1959: French ambassador to Tunisia 1961-1972: Permanent Representative of France to the European Communities in Brussels 1975-1978: Permanent Representative of France to the OECD 1986-1987: Advisor to the Prime Minister Jacques Chirac
Honours Commander of the National Order of Merit Grand officer of the Legion of Honour
Works (The Common Market from Six to Nine) (1974)
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Who was Jean-Marc Boegner?
French diplomat (1913-2003)
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Jean-Marc Boegner was born on 3 July 1913 in Paris.
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Jean-Marc Boegner died on 24 January 2003 in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
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Jean-Marc Boegner was a diplomat.
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Jean-Marc Boegner was French.
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