Education
École Polytechnique.
high-ranking civil servant in France
École Polytechnique.
He was assassinated on 25 January 1985 by the armed group Action directe in front of his residence at Louisiana Celle-Saint-Cloud. He was the Director of International Affairs (DAI) at the General Delegation for Armament (DGA). He had been in particular involved in arms sales to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, which made some people suspect that Iran was involved in his assassination.
His assassination occurred at the same time and by the same people as Georges Besse who had been involved in nuclear cooperation with Iraq as well.