Michel Jobert
Michel Jobert (lang; 11 September 1921 – 25 May 2002) was a French politician of the left-wing Gaullist orientation. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou, and as Minister of External Commerce under François Mitterrand. His tenure was marked, in part, by tense relations with the United States as he pursued French independence in the sphere of foreign relations.
Michel Jobert
Service photographique de la présidence de la République, créé en 1952. · AG/5(2)/983/N Reportage n° 2652 / Audience de Michel Jobert, secrétaire général de l'Élysée, ministre des Affaires étrangères, dans son bureau (6 avril 1973). · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Name
- Michel Jobert
- Born
- 11 September 1921
- Birthplace
- Meknes, French Morocco
- Died
- 25 May 2002
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- diplomat · politician · lawyer · writer
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Michel Jobert (11 September 1921 – 26 May 2002) was a politician.
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Michel Jobert was born on 11 September 1921 in Meknès (Maroc). Michel Jobert died on 26 May 2002 in Paris, 15th arrondissement, France.
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This policy at one point led a frustrated Henry Kissinger to call him "an idiot" and a "bad" foreign minister. Jobert died on 25 May 2002 in Paris, aged 80.
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• Name — Michel Jobert • Office — French Minister of Foreign Affairs • Term Start — 4 April 1973 • Term End — 28 May 1974 • President — Georges Pompidou • Prime Minister — Pierre Messmer • Predecessor — André Bettencourt • Successor — Jean Sauvagnargues • Office2 — Chief of Staff of President of France • Term Start2 — 1969 • Term End2 — 1973 • President2 — Georges Pompidou • Predecessor2 — Bernard Beck • Successor2 — Édouard Balladur • Born — 11 September 1921 • Birthplace — Meknes, French Morocco • Died — 25 May 2002 • Place of death — Paris, France • Alma Mater — Sciences Po, ÉNA
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1921
Michel Jobert born.
2002
Michel Jobert died.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q12960: Michel Jobert
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scholarly publication
- Michel Jobert et la diplomatie française: l’image publique d’un homme secret, International Affairs, 1988
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- 1.Michel Jobert, définitivement «ailleurs». Libération. lire en. 27 mai 2002.
- 2.L'épopée ordinaire et singulière de Michel Jobert: pour l'honneur de la politique. Société des Ecrivains. 2008. 978-2-7480-3990-0.
- 3.Un ministre de l'alternance, Michel Jobert: Du Quai d'Orsay au Quai Branly (1981-1983). Editions L'Harmattan. 2015-01-01. 978-2-336-36641-8.
- 4.Mémoires d'avenir. Grasset. octobre 1974. 2-246-00149-8.
- 5.Sciences Po, le roman vrai. Sciences Po, les presses. 2022. 978-2-7246-3915-5.
- 6.Alexis Noël, L’Épopée ordinaire et singulière de Michel Jobert, Société des Écrivains, 2008 .
- 7.Anciens célèbres – Michel Jobert (1921 – 2002).
- 8.Les dossiers de la CIA sur la France, 1958-1981. A. Fayard-Pluriel. 2010. 978-2-8185-0016-3.
- 9.« Mort de Michel Jobert, ancien ministre des affaires étrangères de Georges Pompidou », Le Monde, 27 mai 2002.
- 10.« La démission de M. Michel Jobert », Le Monde, 22 mars 1983.
- 11.« Le Mouvement des démocrates ne participera pas aux liste de gauche à Paris », Le Monde, 2 février 1983.
- 12.« Orléans : la rumeur Jobert », Le Monde, 16 février 1989.
- 13.Michel Jobert est mort. Le Nouvel Observateur. lire en. 27 mai 2002.
- 14.https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/ricerca
- 15.Les membres de l’Académie. Site officiel de l'Académie du Royaume du Maroc.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Mary Kathleen Weed, Michel Jobert et la diplomatie française, Paris, F. Lanore, 1988, 282 p.
- Alexis Noël, La démocratie vivante, Michel Jobert, un précurseur, étude présentée à partir de La lettre de Michel Jobert, l'Harmattan, 2004, 275 p.
- Alexis Noël, L'épopée ordinaire et singulière de Michel Jobert, Paris, Société des écrivains, 2008, 304 p.
- Alexis Noël, Un ministre de l'alternance, Michel Jobert, du Quai d'Orsay au Quai Branly, 1981-1983, Paris, l'Harmattan, 2014, 299 p.
- Maximilien Malirois, « Hommage à Michel Jobert, un Européen d’avenir », dans L’esprit européen, revue indépendante de débat et d’intérêt général européen, [s. d.]
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