Pierre Jules Marie Raoul BOISDEFFRE

Background

BOISDEFFRE, Pierre Jules Marie Raoul was born on July 11, 1926 in Paris. Son of General de Boisdeffre.

Education

Lycee Condorcet, College Stanislas, Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Ecole Nationale d’Administration and Harvard University.

Career

Deputy Director of Press Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1958-1963. Director of Sound Broadcasting, Office de Radiodiffusion et Television Franpaise (O.R.T.F.) 1963-1968. Cultural Counsellor, French Embassy, London 1968-1971, Brussels 1972-1977, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1977-1978.

Minister Plenipotentiary 1979.

Ambassador to Uruguay 1981-1984, to Colombia 1984-1988. Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe since 1988.

Officier de la Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur"honneur, Commander, Ordre national du Merite, Commander des Arts et des Lettres, Chevalier des Palmes academiques, Officier de l’Etoile Polaire, Commander de l’Ordre de la Couronne, Commander de l’Ordre national du Cedre, Commander de l’Ordre du Christ. Grand Prix de la Critique (for Metamorphose de la litterature) 1950.

Connections

Married Beatrice Wiedemann-Goiran in 1957.

Father:

General de Boisdeffre

Spouse:

Beatrice Wiedemann-Goiran