Georges Besse
Georges Besse | |
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Born | Mines ParisTech | 25 December 1927
Occupation | Businessman |
Georges Besse (25 December 1927 – 17 November 1986) was a French businessman who helped lead several large state-controlled companies. He was assassinated outside his Paris home by the armed group
Résumé
- 1958 - General manager of USSI Ingénierie, a uranium enrichment firm
- 1964 - Assistant general manager of CIT-Alcatel
- 1974 - President of Eurodif
- 1978 - Chairman of COGEMA
- 1982 - Director of Pechiney-Ugine-Kulmann
- 1985 - Director of Renault
Renault
Besse became the head of the
Assassination
Besse was gunned down at about 20:25 in the evening of 17 November 1986 on the sidewalk at the front steps of 16 Boulevard Edgar Quinet, walking to his 18th-century villa at 12 Boulevard Edgar Quinet — in Paris' 14th Arrondissement, the Montparnasse district. It was witnessed by one of his daughters, who observed the street from an upstairs window while waiting for his 20:30 return.
Besse's killers approached just as he alighted from his chauffeur-driven car a short distance from his home.[1] Witnesses said he was shot four to six times, in the head and in the chest, dying almost immediately when he fell on the pavement. Reports varied on whether the assailants escaped by car, motorcycle, or on foot.
Leaflets by the militant
Two women, Nathalie Ménigon and Joëlle Aubron, were charged with his murder in March 1987 and were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1989. Two other Action Directe members, Jean-Marc Rouillan and Georges Cipriani, were convicted as accomplices and also sentenced to life imprisonment.
Commemoration
Renault's car assembly plant in Douai in northern France, was renamed in Besse's honour.
The Georges Besse
See also
References
- ^ 1986: French car chief shot dead" BBC, retrieved on January 12, 2008.
- ^ "Orano to start dismantling Georges Besse enrichment plant". World Nuclear News. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "AREVA's Georges Besse II Plant Starts Uranium Enrichment Process". Nuclear Street. 15 Dec 2010.