Pierre Brochand | |
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Head of the DGSE | |
In office 2002–2008 | |
President | Jacques Chirac Nicolas Sarkozy |
Preceded by | Jean-Claude Cousseran |
Succeeded by | Erard Corbin de Mangoux |
Personal details | |
Born | Cannes,France | 4 July 1941
Alma mater | HEC Paris,ÉNA |
Pierre Brochand (born 4 July 1941,in Cannes) is a former director of the French Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE). He was previously a diplomat. He was a witness to Operation Frequent Wind and the Fall of Saigon in April 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War. [1]
Alumnus of the École nationale d'administration (ENA),he is also a graduate of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC).
He is the brother of Bernard Brochand,currently UMP deputy-mayor of Cannes. Pierre Brochand is married with three children. He is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Order of Merit.
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PARIS - Erard Corbin de Mangoux a été nommé mardi en conseil des ministres à la tête de la Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure (DGSE), selon le compte-rendu du conseil. Ancien préfet, celui qui va succéder à Pierre Brochand était jusqu'ici conseiller de Nicolas Sarkozy pour les affaires intérieures.
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