Jean-François Deniau
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Jean-François Deniau (b. October 31, 1928, (Paris, France) – d. January 24, 2007, Paris, France) was a French statesman, diplomat, essayist and novelist. He was until 1998 a member of the UDF (Union for French Democracy).
In 1958, he became the director of Foreign Relations for the European Commission. He was the author of the foreword of the Treaty of Rome. In 1963, he was named French ambassador to Mauritania and in 1967 he was appointed as one of the French European Commissioners, as a member of the Rey Commission, in 1970 followed by his membership of the Malfatti Commission.
He was responsible for the accession negotiations of Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland, Denmark and Norway, and for assistance to developing countries. From 1973 to 1976 he was a member of the government of prime minister Pierre Messmer. In 1976 he was ambassador to Spain. From 1977 to 1981 he was a member of the government of prime minister Raymond Barre. From 1978 to 1981 and from 1986 to 1997 he was a member of the French parliament. He was elected to the Académie française on April 9, 1992.
He died in Paris in 2007, aged 78.
[edit] Bibliography
- Le Bord des larmes (1955)
- Le Marché commun (1958)
- La mer est ronde (1975)
- L’Europe interdite (1977)
- Deux heures après minuit (1985)
- La Désirade (1988)
- Un héros très discret (1989)
- L’Empire nocturne (1990)
- Ce que je crois (1992)
- Le Secret du Roi des serpents (1993)
- Mémoires de sept vies. Tome 1 : Les temps aventureux (1994)
- L’Atlantique est mon désert (1996)
- Mémoires de sept vies. Tome 2 : Croire et oser (1997)
- Le Bureau des secrets perdus (1998)
- Tadjoura (1999)
- Histoires de courage (2000)
- La bande à Suzanne (2000)
- L'île Madame (2001)
- Dictionnaire amoureux de la mer (2002)
- La gloire à 20 ans (2003)
- La Double Passion écrire ou agir (2004)
- La Lune et le miroir (2004)
- Le Secret du roi des Serpents (2005)
- Le grand jeu (2005)
[edit] External links
- L'Académie française (French)
| Preceded by Jacques Soustelle |
Seat 36 Académie française 1990-2007 |
Succeeded by Not elected yet |
