Alexandre Djouhri

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Alexandre Djouhri
Born (1959-02-18) 18 February 1959 (age 66)
Saint Denis
OccupationBusinessman

Alexandre Djouhri (born 18 February 1959) is a French businessman who served for some time as an unofficial middleman between French officials and different African regimes. [1]

Biography

In 1981 Djouhri was accused of armed robbery of a jewelry store but was later acquitted. [2]

Les Échos has described him as a longtime, "important intermediary" in French foreign relations with North Africa. [3] In the 1990s, Djouhri became an associate of Michel Roussin and, through him, met Jacques Chirac. [2] He was later a confidante of Nicolas Sarkozy and was arrested for questioning over allegations of Libyan influence in the 2007 elections. [4] [5] He was also involved in the escape of Libyan intermediary Bashir Saleh to France in 2012, thus preventing the latter from being arrested and possibly providing damning information about the election interference. [1] : 1128 

Ziad Takieddine, another businessman involved in the Libyan interference, accused Djouhri in 2021 (during Takieddine's own trial in Lebanon) of having threatened to kill him with acid. [1] : 1120 

Djouhri lives in Geneva, Switzerland, where he is on the board of a directors of a water treatment and alternative energy company. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Arfi, Fabrice (2023). "Sarkozy-Kadhafi : tapis rouge et tapis de bombes". In Borrel, Thomas; Boukari-Yabara, Amzat; Collombat, Benoît; Deltombe, Thomas (eds.). Une histoire de la Françafrique: L'empire qui ne veut pas mourir. Seuil. pp. 1117–1129. ISBN   9782757897751.
  2. 1 2 "Alexandre Djouhri, un ex-petit caïd devenu l'ami des puissants". Ouest-France . 1 September 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "L'homme d'affaires Alexandre Djouhri arrêté à Londres En savoir plus sur". Les Échos. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Lazard, Violette (20 July 2015). "Les fausses pistes des tableaux de Claude Guéant". L'Obs (in French). Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Alexandre Djouhri, un flambeur au coeur des réseaux politiques de droite". Le Point (in French). 30 January 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  6. ↑ Holden, Michael (10 January 2018). "Man suspected of funneling Libyan cash to Sarkozy granted bail by UK court". Reuters. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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