Xavier de Villepin
Xavier de Villepin | |
|---|---|
| Member of the French Senate for French citizens living abroad | |
| In office 1983–2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 March 1926 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 30 October 2014 (aged 88) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | UDF UMP |
| Spouse | Yvonne Hétier |
| Relatives | Dominique de Villepin (son) Véronique de Villepin (daughter) Patrick de Villepin (son) |
| Alma mater | HEC Paris Harvard Business School |
Joseph Marie Benoît François Xavier Galouzeau de Villepin (born 14 March 1926 in Brussels, Belgium – 30 October 2014), simply known as Xavier de Villepin, was a former high-ranking civil servant of France, and a former French senator from the center-right UMP party (and before that from the more centrist UDF party). He was the father of the former Prime Minister of France, Dominique de Villepin.