Daniel Vernet (21 May 1945 – 15 February 2018) was a French journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of ''
Le Monde
(; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including ...
'', France's centre-left newspaper of record, from 1989 to 1991, and the author of several bools.
Early life
Daniel Vernet was born circa 1945 in
Chamalières
Chamalières (; Auvergnat: ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, central France.
With 17,276 inhabitants (2019), Chamalières is the fourth-largest town in the department. It lies adjacent to the west of Clermo ...
,
Puy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme (; or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2021, it had a population of 662,285.
Career
Vernet began his career as a journalist for '' La Montagne''. He joined ''Le Monde'', where he was the foreign correspondent in
Bonn
Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...
,
West Germany
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from 1973 to 1977), in Moscow, Soviet Union from 1977 to 1981, and in London, U.K. from 1981 to 1983. He was the editor-in-chief of ''Le Monde'' from 1985 to 1991, and he retired in 2009. He later wrote for ''Slate''.
Vernet was the author of several books about the Soviet Union, Germany, the
Yugoslav Wars
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U.S. foreign policy
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.
Personal life and death
Vernet had a wife, Marie-Thérèse, and a daughter. He died of a heart attack on 15 February 2018.