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Jacques Vergès

Jacques VergèsAKA Jacques Mansour Vergès

Born: 5-Mar-1925
Birthplace: Ubon, Thailand
Died: 15-Aug-2013
Location of death: Paris, France
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Attorney

Nationality: France
Executive summary: Attorney specializing in defense of monsters

Famed defense attorney Jacques Vergès' clients included Klaus Barbie and Carlos the Jackal, and he filed an amicus brief for Slobodan Milosevic. He was hired to defend both Tariq Aziz and Saddam Hussein against military tribunals in Iraq.

Father: Raymond Vergès (French Diplomat)
Mother: (Vietnamese)
Brother: Paul (served prison sentence for murder)
Wife: Djamila Bouhired (Algerian nationalist and convicted terrorist, m. 1960s)

    University: Sorbonne

    French Ancestry Paternal
    Vietnamese Ancestry Maternal

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    My Enemy's Enemy (31-Aug-2007) · Himself
    Terror's Advocate (18-May-2007) · Himself
    Hôtel Terminus (7-Oct-1988)



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