Jean Marie Rene Le Breton

Background

Breton, Jean Marie Rene Le was born on April 19, 1927 in Paris. Son of Constant and Fernande (Wurster) LeBreton.

Education

Licence in History, Sorbonne, 1960. Master of Arts, Sorbonne, 1961. Brevet, ENFOM, Paris, 1949.

Doctor of Philosophy, St. Anthony's College Oxford, 1953.

Career

Assistant secretary general We. European Union, Paris, 1956—1964. Soviet desk staff Ministry Foreign Affairs, 1964—1968.

1st counselor French Embassy, Bucharest, Romania, 1971—1974, Ottawa, Canada, 1974—1978. French ambassador to Bulgaria Sofia, 1983—1986. French ambassador to Romania, 1987—1990.

French ambassador to Portugal, 1990—1992. Director Franco-British Council, Paris, since 1992.

Achievements

• Jean Marie Rene Le Breton has been listed as a noteworthy diplomat by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: International Relations since 1968, 1983, Central and Oriental Europe from 1917 to 1990, 1994, The Fall of Ceausescu, 1996, Grandeur and Destiny of the Old Europe 1492-2004, 2004 (Pierre Lafue prize, 2005).

Membership

Member of France-British Association (president).

Connections

Married Claudine Bertoldo, October 17, 1957. Children: Fabienne LeBreton, Jean-Francois LeBreton, Catherine LeBreton.

Father:

Constant LeBreton

Mother:

Fernande (Wurster) LeBreton

Spouse:

Claudine Bertoldo

child:

Catherine LeBreton

child:

Fabienne LeBreton

child:

Jean-Francois LeBreton