Jacques Fauvet, 87; Director of the French Newspaper Le Monde
Jacques Fauvet, 87, who for more than a decade ran Le Monde, one of France’s leading newspapers, died Saturday in Paris. The cause of death was not announced.
Fauvet was the director of Le Monde from 1969 to 1982. He also wrote several books on politics, including a two-volume work on France’s Communist Party.
Born in Paris in 1914, Fauvet studied law and began his journalism career at a regional newspaper, L’Est Republicain, in eastern France. While serving as an officer during World War II, he was taken prisoner and held for five years.
After his release in 1945, Fauvet went to work at the newly created Le Monde. He worked his way up the ranks, serving as politics editor and editor-in-chief before taking the paper’s highest post, director.
From 1968 to 1982, Fauvet also was co-director of Le Monde’s publishing company.
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