Background
Dementhon, Alain was born on August 3, 1933 in Cernauti, Romania. Son of Georges and Beatrice (Colomitchi) Dementhon.
Dementhon, Alain was born on August 3, 1933 in Cernauti, Romania. Son of Georges and Beatrice (Colomitchi) Dementhon.
Law degree, Faculty of Law, Paris, 1955. Diploma E.N.F.O.M., National School for French Overseas Territory, Paris, 1956.
1st secretary, French Embassy, Rabat, Morocco, 1963-1966; 1st secretary, French Embassy, La Paz, Bolivia, 1967-1969; 2d counsellor, French Embassy, Bonn, Germany, 1977-1981; 1st counsellor, French Embassy, Pretoria, South Africa, 1981-1985; with Asia desk, Foreign Ministry, Paris, 1970-1974; deputy director for Africa, Foreign Ministry, Paris, 1985-1989; French representative, AEIA and United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna, Austria, 1974-1977; ambassador to Namibia, Windhoek, since 1989.
Married Nicole Compagnon, September 3, 1962. 1 child, Jacques-Pierre.