Claude Monnier

Claude Monnier   (editor-in-chief)
Born	23 March, 1938 Rwanda
Died	July 10, 2016 (Age 78) Geneva
Nationality	Swiss
Alma mater	University of Geneva, National University of Mexico
Spouse	Estela Troncoso Balandran
Swiss French-speaking journalist and editor. Attended Bilderberg 1974.  Editor-in-chief In office 1970 - 1980 Employer Journal de Genève

Claude Monnier was editor-in-chief of the Journal de Genève from 1970 to 1980., where he attended the 1974 Bilderberg conference.

Background

Claude Monnier was born on March 23, 1938 in Rwankéri, in Belgian Rwanda. His father, Henri Monnier, was a missionary for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. His mother, Olga Pavlova, originally from St. Petersburg, was a nurse. On the death of Claude Monnier's father, his mother repatriated the family to Switzerland where the latter will do all his schooling until high school. After graduating, he completed a 2-year world tour during which he met his wife, Estela Troncoso Balandran, with whom he had 2 sons.

Education

He studied in Geneva, at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University and at the Graduate Institute of International Studies and in Mexico City, at the Faculty of Political Sciences and at the Postgraduate Center for Latin-American Studies at the National University of Mexico (UNAM). He obtained a degree in international political science in 1962 in Geneva. He went to live in Japan as part of his doctoral research, which he obtained in 1967. From 1967 to 1969 he taught at the Graduate Institute of International Studies.

Career

It was in 1962 that he was hired by the Journal de Genève as a foreign policy journalist and then as an editorial writer. He held this position until 1970, when he was appointed editor of the newspaper. He left this position in 1980. In 1982, he co-founded with Marian Stepczynski the bimonthly review “Le Temps Stratégique”. The magazine released its 100th and final issue in June 2001. In parallel with these activities, he wrote columns for numerous publications: La Suisse, Le Matin, la Tribune de Genève and 24 Heures.

He retired with his last column on March 10, 2015 at the age of 77. He died on July 10, 2016 in Geneva.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1974	19 April 1974	21 April 1974	France Hotel Mont d' Arbois Megève	The 23rd Bilderberg, held in France

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