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Jean-Charles Marchiani was born on 6 August, 1943 in Lebanon, is a French prefect and politician. Discover Jean-Charles Marchiani's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

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Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 6 August 1943
Birthday 6 August
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Nationality Lebanon

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1943

Jean-Charles Marchiani, (born August 6, 1943) is a French prefect and politician.

He is also a former officer of the French external intelligence agency (DGSE).

Jean-Charles Marchiani is a counter-terrorism expert, especially focused on Islamic fundamentalism.

Marchiani has notably been the head negotiator for the liberation of French hostages in Lebanon and Bosnia.

Jean-Charles Marchiani was only 19 when he was recruited by the SDECE, while completing Law school in Aix-en-Provence (south-east of France), during the Algerian war.

1962

From 1962 to 1970, he served as a SDECE officer.

1970

In 1970, he started a career in the private sector.

1986

From 1986 to 1988 and from 1993 to 1995, Marchiani was appointed as a special advisor for Homeland Security Minister Charles Pasqua.

1988

Jean-Charles Marchiani became a national hero in France in 1988, when he managed to free three French civilians, held hostages for three years in Beirut by Hezbollah militias.

Despite official intelligence agencies' efforts, diplomats Marcel Carton and Marcel Fonataine, as well as journalist Jean-Paul Kauffmann were kept prisoners for more than three years.

Jean-Charles Marchiani held double negotiations with Hezbollah dignitaries in Lebanon as well as with Iranian and Syrian officials.

Amongst them, former Iranian-Jewish SAVAK / DGSE agent Manucher Ghorbanifar had been stated to have also accompanied Marchiani during his meetings.

He was therefore able to free the three French nationals on May 5, 1988.

1995

He was notably in charge of intelligence and counter-terrorism during the 1995 Algerian GIA terrorist attacks in Paris.

Jean-Charles Marchiani was asked in September 1995 by French president Jacques Chirac to start unofficial negotiations with Bosnian nationalists for the liberation of two French Air Force pilots whose jet had been shot down during the NATO bombings in former Yugoslavia.

Jean-Charles Marchiani used his connections with former KGB officers to contact Serbian president Radovan Karadžić and threatened him to have French forces leaving Sarajevo, where they were protecting Serbian minority.

On December 12, 1995, the two pilots were freed and sent back to France.

1996

Few weeks after the liberation of French pilots in 1996, Jean-Charles Marchiani was appointed by Jacques Chirac to prefect of the Var region (South East).

1999

Along with Charles Pasqua and Philippe de Villiers, Jean-Charles Marchiani was one of the founding members of the RPF (Rassemblement pour la France – Union for France), a right wing party created in 1999.

The RPF got 13% of the vote during 1999 European elections, and Jean-Charles Marchiani was elected as European Member of the parliament.

2000

Marchiani has been involved in a serie of politico-judicial cases since the early 2000s, involving former French president Jacques Chirac.

These cases are connected with Marchiani's shadow's operations and most of them are under the Secret Defense, which Jean-Charles Marchiani has asked to be lifted for a fair trial.

2007

Marchiani was sentenced in 2007 to three years in jail, but was later amnestied by French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

In the meantime, French Defence minister Hervé Morin wrote to the judge in charge of the case to ask him to drop the charges against Jean-Charles Marchiani.