biography
| name: |
Servan-Schreiber, Jean-Jacques
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pronunciation:
[sairvã shriybair]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1924– )
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| biography:
| French politician and journalist, born in Paris, France. During World War 2 he distinguished himself as a pilot with the Free French Army. He worked for the newspaper Le Monde (1948–53), then founded and ran L'Express (1953–70). Recalled into the army (1956), he was court-martialled upon the publication of his first book, Lieutenant en Algérie (1957, Lieutenant in Algeria) which exposed French wartime atrocities. The Radical Party appointed him secretary general (1969–71) and president (1971–5, 1977–9). He was elected to the National Assembly (1970), served as minister of reforms, and co-founded the Mouvement Réformateur (Reform Movement) in 1972. |
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