Pierre Brochand

Pierre Brochand
Pierre Brochand
Head of the DGSE
	In office; 2002–2008
President	Jacques Chirac; Nicolas Sarkozy
Preceded by	Jean-Claude Cousseran
Succeeded by	Erard Corbin de Mangoux
Personal details
Born	4 July 1941 (age 82); Cannes, France
Alma mater	HEC Paris, ÉNA

Pierre Brochand (born 4 July 1941, in Cannes) is a former director of the French Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE). He was previously a diplomat. He was a witness to Operation Frequent Wind and the Fall of Saigon in April 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War.^[1]

Alumnus of the École nationale d'administration (ENA), he is also a graduate of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC).

Career[edit]

central administration, 1968–1971
First Secretary in Saigon, 1971–1973
Counsellor in Saigon, 1973–1975
Counsellor in Bangkok, 1975–1979
Consul General in San Francisco, 1979–1982
Deputy Director (Asia and Oceania), 1982–1985
Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in New York, 1985–1989
French Ambassador to Hungary, 1989–1993
French Ambassador in Israel, 1993–1995
Director General cultural, scientific and technical, 1995–1998
Diplomatic Adviser to the Government
French Ambassador to Portugal, 1998–2002
Director of the DGSE, 2002-2008^[2]

Family[edit]

He is the brother of Bernard Brochand, currently UMP deputy-mayor of Cannes. Pierre Brochand is married with three children. He is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Order of Merit.

References[edit]

^ “Interview with Pierre Brochand.” WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine^{[dead link]}

[1] “Interview with Pierre Brochand.” WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2010.

[2] Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine^{[dead link]}

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