Jean Drucker
| Jean Drucker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
12 August 1941 Vire, France |
| Died | 18 April 2003 (aged 61) Mollégès, France |
| Education | Sciences-Po Paris, ÉNA |
| Children | Marie Drucker, Vincent Drucker |
Jean Drucker (12 August 1941 – 18 April 2003), was a French Television executive. He was born in Vire (Calvados) and died of a heart-attack in Mollégès (Bouches-du-Rhône).
Of Jewish heritage, his parents arrived in France in 1925 and were naturalised in 1937. His father, Abraham Drucker, was born in Țibucani in Romania, while his mother was of Viennese ancestry.
Drucker was the brother of TV host Michel Drucker and of Professor of Medicine Jacques Drucker. He was the father of TV journalist Marie Drucker. He was the companion of Anaïs Jeanneret with whom he had a son, Vincent Drucker, and was also the uncle of actress Léa Drucker.
A brilliant student from a family for whom "scholarly excellence was a sacred duty", Drucker studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Political Science) before entering the École Nationale d'Administration (ENA). He completed his internship at the ENA Prefecture of Vesoul.
After being chosen as an ambassador to the Minister for Cultural Affairs André Malraux, he became the cultural attaché to Tehran.
He began his career in television in 1970, as technical advisor to the Director General of the Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (ORTF). He was named Program Director of his first television network in 1971. In 1975, he became director general of the Société française de production. He became vice-president and CEO of the Compagnie luxembourgeoise de télédiffusion (CLT) in 1980.
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