Jean de Broglie

Prince Jean Marie François Ferdinand de Broglie (1921–1976) was a French politician who held numerous ministerial positions in various governments between 1962 and 1967 during the presidency of Charles de Gaulle and served in the National Assembly as a deputy for Eure from 1958 until his death. He was assassinated on 24 December 1976.

Family

Jean de Broglie was born in Paris on 21 June 1921. He was the first son of Prince Eugene Marie Amédée de Broglie (1891–1957), grandson of Prince François Marie Albert de Broglie (1851–1939), and greatgrandson of Albert de Broglie, 4th duc de Broglie. The mother of the latter, Albertine de Staël-Holstein (1797–1838), was the daughter of Germaine de Staël and, reputedly, Benjamin Constant.

Marriage

Jean de Broglie married Micheline Segard (1925–1997) and they had three sons.

Children

• Victor François de Broglie (Paris, 25 March 1949 - Broglie, 12 February 2012), 8th duke of Broglie, who succeeded a distinguished distant cousin, Louis de Broglie, 7th duke of Broglie (1892–1987), physicist and Nobel laureate
• Philippe Maurice de Broglie (Paris, 28 September 1960), 9th duke of Broglie
• Louis-Albert de Broglie (Paris, 15 March 1963), prince of Broglie

Career

Jean de Broglie held several top positions in the government of France.

• Negotiator of the Évian Accords.
• Secrétaire d'État chargé de la Fonction publique (April to November 1962)
• Secrétaire d'État aux Affaires algériennes (1962–1966)
• Secrétaire d'État aux Affaires étrangères (1966–1967)

He also held numerous elective offices, notably as a deputy for Eure in the National Assembly elected in 1958, 1962, 1967, 1968 and 1973

Death

He was assassinated on 24 December 1976 while coming out of the house of Pierre de Varga. His financial advisor, Varga was quickly arrested; in 1981, he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for complicity in the assassination.

See also

• Éric Yung