Michel Jobert

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Michel Jobert
French Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 April 1973 – 28 May 1974
PresidentGeorges Pompidou
Prime MinisterPierre Messmer
Preceded byAndré Bettencourt
Succeeded byJean Sauvagnargues
Chief of Staff of President of France
In office
1969–1973
PresidentGeorges Pompidou
Preceded byBernard Beck
Succeeded byÉdouard Balladur
Personal details
Born(1921-09-11)11 September 1921
Died25 May 2002(2002-05-25) (aged 80)
Paris, France
Alma materSciences Po, ÉNA

Michel Jobert (French: [miʃɛl ʒɔbɛʁ]; 11 September 1921 – 25 May 2002) was a French politician of the left-wing Gaullist orientation. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou, and as Minister of External Commerce under François Mitterrand.

His tenure was marked, in part, by tense relations with the United States as he pursued French independence in the sphere of foreign relations.[1] This policy at one point led a frustrated Henry Kissinger to call him "an idiot" and a "bad" foreign minister.[2] Jobert died on 25 May 2002 in Paris, aged 80.[3]

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