Jacques Kosciusco-Morizet
| Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of France to the United States | |
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In office 1972–1977 |
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| President |
Georges Pompidou Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
| Preceded by | Charles Lucet |
| Succeeded by | François Lefebvre de Laboulaye |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 January 1913 Paris, France |
| Died | 15 May 1994 (aged 81) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Jacques Kosciusco-Morizet (or Kosciusko) (31 January 1913 – 15 May 1994) was a French university professor and diplomat. He served as the French Ambassador to the United States from 1972 to 1977.
Born in Paris to a respected Polish family, Kosciusco earned a degree in ethics and sociology from the École Normale Supérieure and taught high school in Grenoble from 1941 to 1943. He fought in World War II and was captured by German forces. He escaped, joined the French resistance, and participated in the defense of the city hall of Paris in 1944, for which he was decorated after the war.
Kosciusko served as bureaucrat in various French ministries before becoming a diplomat. He became Chief of Staff to the Secretary General of the Prefecture of Police and Assistant at the Faculty of Letters in Paris from 1944 to 1946. He was briefly a professor at Columbia University in 1946. He was made deputy director of the cabinet of Léon Blum in 1946, and then Chief of Staff (Civil) for President Vincent Auriol in 1947, a position he held until 1954. He also served Félix Houphouët-Boigny of Côte d'Ivoire from 1956 to 1957.
Kosciusko's international standing rose when he was France's delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1957 to 1962. He was ambassador to Congo (Léopoldville)/(Kinshasa) from 1963 to 1968, and was the French ambassador to NATO from 1969 to 1970. He was ambassador to the United Nations from 1970 to 1972, and French ambassador to the United States from 1972 to 1977. He retired from the diplomatic corps in 1978.
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