Jean Victor Serge Bourgeois

Background

Bourgeois, Jean Victor Serge was born on July 25, 1926 in Zurich. Son of Serge A. and Johanna (De Hesselle) Bourgeois.

Education

Law degree, University Geneva, 1954.

Career

Member of staff, Swiss Foreign Svc., 1969-1974; chief of personnel, Swiss Foreign Svc., 1975-1978; ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, North Yemen, Swiss Foreign Svc., 1978-1980; ambassador to Colombia, Ecuador, Swiss Foreign Svc., 1981-1984; ambassador to Indonesia, Swiss Foreign Svc., 1984-1987; ambassador to Belgium, Swiss Foreign Svc., 1987-1991; ambassador to Morocco, Swiss Foreign Svc., 1987-1991; retired, 1991. Held as hostage by Colombian terrorists, 1980.

Achievements

• Jean Victor Serge Bourgeois has been listed as a noteworthy diplomat by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Requiem for a world: A chronicle, 1987-92

Interests

• Avocations:philosophy, history, music, the study of spiritual sources of modernhistory.

Connections

Married Danielle Perrelet, December 28, 1957 (divorced 1972). Children: Diane, Isabelle. Married Carmen Maria Hidalgo, January 19, 1974.

Father:

Serge A. Bourgeois

Mother:

Johanna (De Hesselle) Bourgeois

Spouse:

Carmen Maria Hidalgo

Spouse:

Danielle Perrelet

child:

Diane Bourgeois

child:

Isabelle Bourgeois