Claude Cheysson
Claude Cheysson ( born April 13, 1920 in Paris, † October 15, 2012 ) was a French diplomat ( last in the rank of ambassador ) and politicians (PS).
Cheysson visited the traditional Parisian secondary school Collège Stanislas and studied at the elite École polytechnique high school. In 1943 he joined the 2nd French Armored Division under a Philippe de Hauteclocque. After the war he was part of the first year of the newly established ENA. He came in 1948 to the Foreign Ministry and in 1949 Head of the Liaison Office to the West German government. During this time, it was, among other things about the future of the Saar; Cheysson held talks with Herbert Blankenhorn, a close associate of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
1952 Cheysson adviser to the government of French Indochina, 1954-1955 Head of Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Mendès -France and was then Secretary General of the Commission for Technical Cooperation in Africa from 1957 until 1962. From 1966 to 1969 he was ambassador of France in Indonesia.
From 1973 to 1981 he served as European Commissioner for Development, Cooperation. He is considered one of the most representative designers of the Lomé Convention of 1975.
From 1981 to 1984 Cheysson was after the victory of François Mitterrand French foreign minister in the government of Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy. After taking office of the German Chancellor Helmut Kohl Mitterrand held a prepared speech of Cheysson in the German Bundestag, in which he demanded the German allegiance in the implementation of the NATO double-track decision and so carbon reinforced the back.
From 1985 to 1989 Cheysson was again European Commissioner in the Commission Delors I, this time in charge of Mediterranean policy and North-South connections. He was elected to the European Parliament in 1989 and was a member until 1994.