Roland Dumas

Roland Dumas (born 23 August 1922) is a French lawyer and Socialist politician.[1] He served as the Foreign Minister under President François Mitterrand from 1984 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1993. He was also President of the Constitutional Council from 1995 to 2000.[2] He was born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne.

Roland Dumas
Dumas in 1989
President of the Constitutional Council
In office
8 March 1995  29 February 2000
Appointed byFrançois Mitterrand
Preceded byRobert Badinter
Succeeded byYves Guéna
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
10 May 1988  28 March 1993
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterMichel Rocard
Édith Cresson
Pierre Bérégovoy
Preceded byJean-Bernard Raimond
Succeeded byAlain Juppé
Minister of External Affairs
In office
7 December 1984  20 March 1986
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterLaurent Fabius
Preceded byClaude Cheysson
Succeeded byJean-Bernard Raimond
Personal details
Born (1922-08-23) 23 August 1922
Limoges, France
NationalityFrench
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materSciences Po
London School of Economics
Signature

Dumas turned 100 in August 2022.[3]

References

  1. French Socialists condemn ex-minister's Jewish remark, Reuters, February 16, 2015.
  2. ECtHR judgment in case Dumas v. France, 34875/07(in French)
  3. "L'amitié entre Roland Dumas, ex ministre de François Mitterrand, et un historien local de Ducey" [The friendship between Roland Dumas, former minister of François Mitterrand, and a local historian of Ducey]. La Gazette de la Manche (in French). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

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