- Born on 24 June 1923 in Wissembourg (F)

- Nationality: French

- Director of the joint European Communities Information Service (1958‒1959)

- Spokesman for Robert Marjolin, Vice-President of the European Commission (1959‒1967)

- Deputy Spokesman for the European Commission (1967‒1972)

- Director in the European Commission's Directorate-General for Information (1973‒1984)

- Director-General for Information and Public Relations of the European Parliament (1984‒1988)

- Head of the Private Office of Pierre Pflimlin, President of the European Parliament (1984‒1987)