Background
CHEYSSON, Claude was born on April 13, 1920 in Paris, France. Parents: Pierre Cheysson and Sophie Cheysson (née Funck-Brentano).
CHEYSSON, Claude was born on April 13, 1920 in Paris, France. Parents: Pierre Cheysson and Sophie Cheysson (née Funck-Brentano).
Degree in Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, 1942. Graduate, Ecole National d'Administration, 1948. Doctor in Social Sciences (honorary), University Louvain, Belgium.
Attached to United Nations Mission in Palestine 1948. Head of French liaison office with Federation German Government, Bonn 1949-1952. Adviser to Prime Minister of Vietnam, Saigon 1952-1954.
Chef de Cabinet to French Prime Minister (Mendes-France) 1954-1955. Technical adviser to Minister for Moroccan and Tunisian Affairs 1955-1956. Secretary-General Commission, for Technical Cooperation in Africa (C.C.T.A.), Lagos 1957-1962.
Dir-General Sahara Authority (Organisme Saharien), Algiers 1962-1965. Director-General Organisme de cooperation industrielle, Algiers 1966. Ambassador to Indonesia 1966-1969.
President Entreprise miniere et chimique and President Director-General Cie. des potasses du Congo 1970-1973. Minister of External Relations 1981-1984. Commander for Mediterranean Policy and North-South Relations, Commission, of European Communities 1985-1988.
Executive Board Socialist Party since 1989. President Institut Mendes-France 198789. President Fondation Arche de la Fratemite since 1989.
Town Councillor, Bargemon, France 1983-1989. Honorary degree University of Louvain. Commander, Legion d'honneur, Croix de guerre.
Grand Cross, Grand Officier, Commander from numerous countries, Joseph Bech.
Contributor articles to professional journals.
Board Le Monde 1970-1981, since 1985. European Pari. since 1989.
North/south relations.
Spouse Danièle Schwartz, 1969. Children: Thomas, Amélie, Carole, Bettina, Jean-Christian, Christophe (of previous marriages).