Jean-Marc Boegner (3 July 1913 – 24 January 2003) was a French diplomat, promoted to the rank of

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in 1973.

Family

Jean-Marc Boegner was born in Paris on 3 July 1913, the son of the theologian and pastor

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and brother of the newspaper owner Philippe Boegner. With Odilie Moustier, he had three daughters, one of whom married Josselin de Rohan-Chabot.

Career

Jean-Marc Boegner studied at the Faculty of Letters at the

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and the

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and went on to become: *1939: Attaché at the French embassy in Germany (Berlin) *1940: Attaché at the French embassy in Turkey (Ankara) *1941: Attaché at the French embassy in Lebanon (Beirut) *1945: Counsellor at the French embassy in Sweden *1947: Counsellor at the French embassy in the Netherlands *1948: Counsellor at the French Foreign Office *1952: Head of Department at the Quai d'Orsay (vice director of treaties) *1954:

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*1955: Chief of Staff of the Minister at the

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*1958-1959: technical advisor to the President of the Council Charles de Gaulle *January 1959: Technical Adviser to the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic *November 1959: French ambassador to Tunisia *1961-1972: Permanent Representative of France to the European Communities in Brussels *1975-1978: Permanent Representative of France to the OECD *1986-1987: Advisor to the Prime Minister Jacques Chirac

Honours

*Commander of the

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*Grand officer of the

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Works

* (''The Common Market from Six to Nine'') (1974)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boegner, Jean-Marc 1913 births 2003 deaths Ambassadors of France to Tunisia Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite