Claude de Kemoularia (March 30, 1922 – November 4, 2016) was a French

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of Georgian descent whose career has been in the fields of banking and diplomacy. He served as

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's personal assistant from 1957 to 1961. In the mid-1960s, he was a special advisor to Prince Rainier of Monaco. From the late 1960s to 1982, he worked for

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. He returned to government with the Socialist administration of

François Mitterrand François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was a French politician and statesman who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest holder of that position in the history of France. As a former First ...

in 1982. He served as France's permanent representative and ambassador to the

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in the 1980s. He was also a guest on William F. Buckley's show "Firing Line", along with

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References

*Hume, Cameron (1994). '' The United Nations, Iran, and Iraq''. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. *Sciolino, Elaine (1985). "US Vetoes Resolution on Israel in UN." ''

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''. March 13. French people of Georgian descent 1922 births 20th-century French diplomats 2016 deaths Permanent representatives of France to the United Nations {{france-business-bio-stub