Claude Julien (journalist)

Claude Julien
Claude Julien in Paris, 1979
Born	(1925-05-17)17 May 1925 Saint-Rome-de-Cernon, Aveyron, France
Died	(2005-05-05)5 May 2005 Sauveterre-la-Lémance, Lot-et-Garonne, France
Occupation	Journalist, director of Le Monde diplomatique
Notable works	America’s Empire, Suicide of the democracies

Claude Julien (17 May 1925, Saint-Rome-de-Cernon (Aveyron, France) – 5 May 2005, Sauveterre-la-Lémance (Lot-et-Garonne, France)) was a French journalist. He joins the foreign department of French newspaper of record Le Monde in 1951. In 1973, he became editor-in-chief then director of Le Monde diplomatique.