References
- ↑ “Interview with Pierre Brochand.” WGBH Media Library &Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ↑ Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Pierre Brochand | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 4 July 1941 Cannes,France |
| 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 (1938–2025),a mayor of Cannes (2001–2014). Pierre Brochand is married with three children. He is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Order of Merit.
