Claude de Kemoularia
 Claude de Kemoularia        (financier, diplomat, actor) | |
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| Born | 30 March 1922 |
| Died | 4 November 2016 (Age 94) |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po |
Claude de Kemoularia was a French citizen of Georgian descent whose career has been in the fields of banking and diplomacy.[1]
Background
Claude de Kémoularia was born on March 30, 1922 in Paris. His father, Joseph de Kémoularia, fled to France following the Soviet takeover of the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1921. His father is one of the founders of the Georgian Orthodox parish Sainte-Nino in Paris.
He obtained the baccalaureate, and enrolled at the Free School of Political sciences, in the private finance section. Recruited as a member of a ministerial cabinet, he did not attend school classes and validated only twelve of the thirteen final oral exams. Despite the insistence of Roger Seydoux, the professor of public finances Gabriel Cheneaux refused to withdraw this eliminatory grade. Claude de Kémoularia therefore does not graduate from the school.[2]
Career
Claude de Kémoularia began his professional career as a parliamentary attaché in the short-lived cabinet of Paul Reynaud, in 1940. He then became its chief of staff.
He was Dag Hammarskjöld's personal assistant from 1957 to 1961. In the mid-1960s, he was a special advisor to Prince Rainier of Monaco. From the late 1960s to 1982, he worked for Paribas, as advisor to the President and the chief executive officer for international affairs.[3] He also sat on the Board of Directors of Paribas Switzerland until its merger with BNP Suisse in 2000.
In May 1982, under the presidency of François Mitterrand, he joined the French diplomatic corps as ambassador to the Netherlands, then, from January 1, 1985 to February 10, 1987, as France's representative to the United Nations. In 1986, he chaired the Security Council.[4]
In the middle of the Cold War, he thus had the opportunity to meet the Soviet Minister of foreign Affairs, Eduard Shevardnadze, also of Georgian origin, and to advance Soviet and French analyses on German reunification.
Claude de Kemoularia spoke on Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr and Benjamin Netanyahu on “Terrorism: Viewed from Abroad”.[5]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1990 | 10 May 1990 | 13 May 1990 | New York US Glen Cove | 38th Bilderberg meeting, 119 guests |
| Bilderberg/1992 | 21 May 1992 | 24 May 1992 | France Royal Club Evian Evian-les-Bains | The 40th Bilderberg. It had 121 participants. |
References
- ↑ Ratier, Emmanuel (1992). Encyclopédie politique française - Volume 1 (in French). Faits et Documents. p. 376.CS1
- ↑ https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJr8yaq5gROwC%26newbks%3D0%26hl%3Den
- ↑ https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoire.bnpparibas%2Fdocument%2Fclaude-de-kemoularia-paribas-et-carlos-andres-perez-president-de-la-republique-venezuelienne-signentlaccord-de-financement-la-3e-ligne-du-metro-de-caracas%2F
- ↑ http://www1.rfi.fr/radiofr/editions/072/edition_63_20071105.asp
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Firing-Line-William-Buckley-Terrorism/dp/B00TZ8GNDG
