Jean-Yves Le Drian

Jean-Yves Le Drian
Born	30 June 1947 Lorient, France
Alma mater	University of Rennes 2
Party	Socialist Party
As French Foreign Minister promised he would provide proof "in the coming days" of Syrian government using poison gas. We are still waiting.  France/Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs In office 17 May 2017 - Present  France/President of the Regional Council of Brittany In office 18 December 2015 - 2 June 2017  France/Minister of Defence In office 16 May 2012 - 10 May 2017

Jean-Yves Le Drian (born ) is a French politician and member of the French Socialist Party who has been Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs since 2017. Previously he was the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs from 2012 to 2017, under President François Hollande. He was nominated by Emmanuel Macron to serve as Foreign Minister in the Édouard Philippe Government on 17 May 2017.

French hot air

Le Drian's predecessor as Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault said on 19 April 2017 he would provide proof "in the coming days" that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces used chemical weapons in an attack on April 4 in Khan Shaykhun. By July 2017, neither Ayrault nor Le Drian had provided any such proof.

Student Union activist

Jean-Yves Le Drian was born on 30 June 1947 in Lorient, Brittany, to working-class parents, Jean and Louisette, who were active members of the Young Christian Workers (Jeunesse ouvrière chrétienne, or JOC, in French). He completed his studies at the University of Rennes, where he was an activist for the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (UNEF).

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019	22 January 2019	25 January 2019	World Economic Forum Switzerland
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020	21 January 2020	24 January 2020	World Economic Forum Switzerland	This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.

 

Related Document

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:The Trump Administration’s Syria Gas Attack Narrative Continues to Unravel	Article	18 April 2017	Michael Krieger	United States Government: "They Lied About Iraq; They Lied About Libya; They're Lying About Syria."