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'''Jacques Foccart''' was a French spook and deep politician, best known as a chief adviser to [[French presidents]] on African affairs.<ref name = independent1997>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jacques-foccart-1273923.html </ref><ref name = "Whiteman1997">https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/20/world/jacques-foccart-dies-at-83-secret-mastermind-in-africa.html</ref><ref name = economist1997>https://www.economist.com/obituary/1997/03/27/jacques-foccart</ref> He was also a co-founder of the [[Gaullist Party|Gaullist]] intelligence service [[Service d'Action Civique]] (SAC) in [[1959]] with [[Charles Pasqua]], which specialized in [[covert operations]] in Africa, including countless coups, assassinations and disappearances. | '''Jacques Foccart''' was a French spook and deep politician, best known as a chief adviser to [[French presidents]] on African affairs.<ref name = independent1997>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jacques-foccart-1273923.html </ref><ref name = "Whiteman1997">https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/20/world/jacques-foccart-dies-at-83-secret-mastermind-in-africa.html</ref><ref name = economist1997>https://www.economist.com/obituary/1997/03/27/jacques-foccart</ref> He was also a co-founder of the [[Gaullist Party|Gaullist]] intelligence service [[Service d'Action Civique]] (SAC) in [[1959]] with [[Charles Pasqua]], which specialized in [[covert operations]] in Africa, including countless coups, assassinations and disappearances. | ||
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In 1974 [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] replaced Foccart with the young deputy whom he had himself trained. He was then rehabilitated in 1986 by the new Prime minister [[Jacques Chirac]] as an adviser on African affairs for the two years of "[[Cohabitation (government)|cohabitation]]" with [[French Socialist Party|socialist]] president [[François Mitterrand]]. When Chirac finally gained the [[1995 French presidential election|presidency in 1995]], the 81-year-old Foccart was brought back to the [[Elysée palace]] as an advisor. He died in 1997. | In 1974 [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] replaced Foccart with the young deputy whom he had himself trained. He was then rehabilitated in 1986 by the new Prime minister [[Jacques Chirac]] as an adviser on African affairs for the two years of "[[Cohabitation (government)|cohabitation]]" with [[French Socialist Party|socialist]] president [[François Mitterrand]]. When Chirac finally gained the [[1995 French presidential election|presidency in 1995]], the 81-year-old Foccart was brought back to the [[Elysée palace]] as an advisor. He died in 1997. | ||
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 Jacques Foccart    (spook, deep politician) | |
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| Born | 31 August 1913 |
| Died | 19 March 1997 (Age 83) |
| Nationality | French |
| Interests | Françafrique |
French spook and deep politician, best known as a chief adviser to French presidents on African affairs. | |
Jacques Foccart was a French spook and deep politician, best known as a chief adviser to French presidents on African affairs.[1][2][3] He was also a co-founder of the Gaullist intelligence service Service d'Action Civique (SAC) in 1959 with Charles Pasqua, which specialized in covert operations in Africa, including countless coups, assassinations and disappearances.
From 1960 to 1974, Foccart was Secretary-General for African and Malagasy Affairs under Presidents Charles de Gaulle and Georges Pompidou,[1][4] and was pivotal in maintaining France's sphere of influence in sub-Saharan Africa (or Françafrique) by putting in place a series of cooperation accords with individual African countries and building a dense web of personal networks that underpinned the informal and family-like relationships between French and African leaders.[2] After de Gaulle, Foccart was seen as the most influential man of the Fifth Republic, and he retained his functions during Georges Pompidou's presidency (1969–74).
In 1974 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing replaced Foccart with the young deputy whom he had himself trained. He was then rehabilitated in 1986 by the new Prime minister Jacques Chirac as an adviser on African affairs for the two years of "cohabitation" with socialist president François Mitterrand. When Chirac finally gained the presidency in 1995, the 81-year-old Foccart was brought back to the Elysée palace as an advisor. He died in 1997.
Foccart was in contact with Monique Garnier-Lançon.
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Péan | “I remember that Jacques Foccart told me that the only person he was physically afraid of, was Charles Pasqua” | Pierre Péan | 2017 |
References
- ↑ a b https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jacques-foccart-1273923.html
- ↑ a b https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/20/world/jacques-foccart-dies-at-83-secret-mastermind-in-africa.html
- ↑ https://www.economist.com/obituary/1997/03/27/jacques-foccart
- ↑ https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/nixon/e5/55059.htm
