- Birthday
- 1947-05-30
- Deathday
- 2016-12-28
- Place of Birth
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Jean-Christophe Victor
ActingBiography
Jean-Christophe Victor (30 May 1947 – 28 December 2016) was a political scientist focusing on international relations. He was the son of the polar explorer Paul-Emile Victor and the television producer Éliane Decrais. He earned master's degrees in Chinese at the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations, and in political sciences at the University of Paris-1 (1982), as well as a PhD in ethnology on Nepal. He was posted as a diplomat in Afghanistan, worked as policy adviser at NATO in Brussels, and for the Policy Planning Office at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He w...