Jean Sauvagnargues (; 2 April 1915 – 6 August 2002) was a French politician who served as

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under

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (, , ; 2 February 19262 December 2020), also known as Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981. After serving as Minister of Finance under prime ...

from 1974 to 1976 and was Ambassador to

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, and the

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. Sauvagnargues died on 6 August 2002 in Lausanne, aged 87.

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Commandeur de la Légion d’Honneur, * Commandeur de l’ordre national du Mérite, * Croix de guerre.www.whoswho.fr
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1915 births 2002 deaths Politicians from Paris French Foreign Ministers École Normale Supérieure alumni Ambassadors of France to West Germany Ambassadors of France to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of France to Ethiopia Ambassadors of France to Tunisia 20th-century French diplomats {{France-diplomat-stub

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