Claude Cheysson | |
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![]() Cheysson in 1981 | |
Minister of External Affairs | |
In office 22 May 1981 – 7 December 1984 | |
President | François Mitterrand |
Prime Minister | Pierre Mauroy Laurent Fabius |
Preceded by | Jean François-Poncet |
Succeeded by | Roland Dumas |
Personal details | |
Born | 16th arrondissement of Paris, France | 13 April 1920
Died | 15 October 2012 6th arrondissement of Paris, France | (aged 92)
Political party | Socialist Party |
Alma mater | École polytechnique ÉNA |
Claude Cheysson (French pronunciation: [klod ʃɛsɔ̃]; 13 April 1920 – 15 October 2012) was a French Socialist politician who served as Foreign Minister in the government of Pierre Mauroy from 1981 to 1984.[1]