Jean de Broglie
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Prince Jean Marie François Ferdinand de Broglie (21 June 1921 – 24 December 1976) was a French
politician
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Born in Paris, he was one of the negotiators of the Évian Accords
.
Jean de Broglie was assassinated
on 24 December 1976 while coming out of the house of Pierre de Varga, his financial
advisor. Varga was quickly arrested; in 1981, he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for complicity in the assassination.
Jean de Broglie was the first son of Prince Eugene Marie Amédée de Broglie (1891-1957), himself the fourth son of Prince François Marie Albert de Broglie (1851-1939), himself the fourth son of Albert de Broglie, 4th duc de Broglie, whose mother, Albertine de Staël-Holstein (1797-1838), was the daughter of Mme de Staël and, reputedly, Benjamin Constant
.
By his wife Micheline, he had three sons, including Victor-François, 8th duc de Broglie
(b. 1949) who succeeded a distinguished distant cousin, Louis de Broglie, 7th duc de Broglie (1892–1987), physicist and Nobel laureate
, in 1987.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
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Born in Paris, he was one of the negotiators of the Évian Accords
Évian Accords
The Évian Accords comprise a treaty which was signed in 1962 in Évian-les-Bains, France by France and the F.L.N. . The Accords put an end to the Algerian War with a formal cease-fire proclaimed for March 19, and formalized the idea of cooperative exchange between the two countries...
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Jean de Broglie was assassinated
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
on 24 December 1976 while coming out of the house of Pierre de Varga, his financial
Finance
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advisor. Varga was quickly arrested; in 1981, he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for complicity in the assassination.
Jean de Broglie was the first son of Prince Eugene Marie Amédée de Broglie (1891-1957), himself the fourth son of Prince François Marie Albert de Broglie (1851-1939), himself the fourth son of Albert de Broglie, 4th duc de Broglie, whose mother, Albertine de Staël-Holstein (1797-1838), was the daughter of Mme de Staël and, reputedly, Benjamin Constant
Benjamin Constant
Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque was a Swiss-born French nobleman, thinker, writer and politician.-Biography:...
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By his wife Micheline, he had three sons, including Victor-François, 8th duc de Broglie
Victor-François, 8th duc de Broglie
Victor-François Marie Léon, 8th duc de Broglie , is a French aristocrat and current holder of the title duc de Broglie.The duc was born in Paris France, the eldest son of Prince Jean de Broglie . He acceded to the ducal title on the death without heir of his distant cousin, physicist and Nobel...
(b. 1949) who succeeded a distinguished distant cousin, Louis de Broglie, 7th duc de Broglie (1892–1987), physicist and Nobel laureate
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
, in 1987.
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Offices held
- Secrétaire d'État chargé de la Fonction publique (April to November 1962)
- Secrétaire d'État aux Affaires algériennes (1962–1966)
- Secrétaire d'État aux Affaires étrangères (1966–1967)