Background
Basdevant, Pierre Jules was born on March 22, 1914 in Grenoble, Isère, France. Son of Jules and Renee (Mallarmè) Basdevant.
Basdevant, Pierre Jules was born on March 22, 1914 in Grenoble, Isère, France. Son of Jules and Renee (Mallarmè) Basdevant.
Student Faculte de Droit de Paris, Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques. Diplomas in public law, economics, political science.
Consul, Bratislava, 1945-1946. Attache, then secretary French embassy, Washington, 1946, 53. Service in French Foreign Ministry (defense problems), 1953-1956.
Senior political adviser North Atlantic Treaty Organization International Staff, 1957-1961. Consul general, San Francisco, since 1961.
Served to captain French Army, 1935-1937, 39-42, 45.
Married Huguette Mallet, October 20, 1949. Children: Patrick, Francois, Isabelle, Valerie.