FACTBOX-French officials accused over Rwandan genocide
Aug 6 (Reuters) - Rwanda formally accused senior French officials on Tuesday of involvement in its 1994 genocide and called for them to be put on trial.
Below is a list of 11 notable figures among the 33 current and former political, diplomatic and military officials identified by Rwanda.
FRANCOIS MITTERRAND French president from 1981 to 1995. Died in 1996. Mitterrand's son, JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MITTERRAND, a special adviser to the Elysee Palace between 1986-92, was also named.
EDOUARD BALLADUR Prime minister from 1993 to 1995 and a close political ally of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Now a senior figure in Sarkozy's centre-right UMP party, the 79-year-old was recently charged with preparing a reform of France's institutions.
ALAIN JUPPE
Foreign minister from 1993 to 1995. Juppe, 62, is mayor of the southwestern city of Bordeaux and a member of the UMP.
In 2004 a court found Juppe guilty of involvement in a corruption scandal and banned him from elected office for 10 years, a sentence which was later shortened, enabling him to become environment minister and de-facto deputy prime minister after Sarkozy's election victory last year.
He was, however, defeated in parliamentary elections a month later, forcing him to quit his government post.
DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN Foreign minister from 2002 to 2004 and prime minister from 2005 to 2007. Villepin was a more junior official at the time of the Rwandan genocide -- he headed Juppe's office at the foreign ministry.
Villepin became a political rival to Sarkozy within the UMP and no longer serves in government. He is 54 years old.
FRANCOIS LEOTARD
Defence minister from 1993 to 1995. Leotard, now 66, was handed a 10-month suspended prison sentence in 2004 for illegal party funding and money laundering, and no longer plays an active role in politics.
HUBERT VEDRINE
Mitterrand's chief of staff from 1991 to 1995. Vedrine, 61, went on to serve as foreign minister from 1997 to 2002. Although a Socialist, he was tipped as Sarkozy's possible choice for foreign minister last year, but the French president opted for left-wing politician Bernard Kouchner instead.
JACQUES LANXADE
Head of France's armed forces from 1991 to 1995. Lanxade, now 73, also served as Mitterrand's personal military chief of staff from 1989 to 1991 and went on to become France's ambassador to Tunisia in 1995, a post he held until 1999.
CHRISTIAN QUESNOT
Mitterrand's personal military chief of staff from 1991 to 1995. He is 70 years old.
JEAN-PIERRE HUCHON
Head of France's military cooperation mission, dealing primarily with African countries, from 1993 to 1995. Huchon served as Quesnot's deputy from 1991 to 1993 and both men were heavily involved in formulating military strategy in Rwanda.
GEORGES MARTRES
French ambassador to Rwanda from 1989 to 1993. Now 80 years old.
JEAN-MICHEL MARLAUD
French ambassador to Rwanda from 1993 to 1994. Marlaud, 54, is France's ambassador to Colombia.
For a story on the Rwandan accusations, double-click on: [ID:nL5044632]
(Compiled by Francois Murphy in Paris, edited by Richard Meares)
Below is a list of 11 notable figures among the 33 current and former political, diplomatic and military officials identified by Rwanda.
FRANCOIS MITTERRAND French president from 1981 to 1995. Died in 1996. Mitterrand's son, JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MITTERRAND, a special adviser to the Elysee Palace between 1986-92, was also named.
EDOUARD BALLADUR Prime minister from 1993 to 1995 and a close political ally of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Now a senior figure in Sarkozy's centre-right UMP party, the 79-year-old was recently charged with preparing a reform of France's institutions.
ALAIN JUPPE
Foreign minister from 1993 to 1995. Juppe, 62, is mayor of the southwestern city of Bordeaux and a member of the UMP.
In 2004 a court found Juppe guilty of involvement in a corruption scandal and banned him from elected office for 10 years, a sentence which was later shortened, enabling him to become environment minister and de-facto deputy prime minister after Sarkozy's election victory last year.
He was, however, defeated in parliamentary elections a month later, forcing him to quit his government post.
DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN Foreign minister from 2002 to 2004 and prime minister from 2005 to 2007. Villepin was a more junior official at the time of the Rwandan genocide -- he headed Juppe's office at the foreign ministry.
Villepin became a political rival to Sarkozy within the UMP and no longer serves in government. He is 54 years old.
FRANCOIS LEOTARD
Defence minister from 1993 to 1995. Leotard, now 66, was handed a 10-month suspended prison sentence in 2004 for illegal party funding and money laundering, and no longer plays an active role in politics.
HUBERT VEDRINE
Mitterrand's chief of staff from 1991 to 1995. Vedrine, 61, went on to serve as foreign minister from 1997 to 2002. Although a Socialist, he was tipped as Sarkozy's possible choice for foreign minister last year, but the French president opted for left-wing politician Bernard Kouchner instead.
JACQUES LANXADE
Head of France's armed forces from 1991 to 1995. Lanxade, now 73, also served as Mitterrand's personal military chief of staff from 1989 to 1991 and went on to become France's ambassador to Tunisia in 1995, a post he held until 1999.
CHRISTIAN QUESNOT
Mitterrand's personal military chief of staff from 1991 to 1995. He is 70 years old.
JEAN-PIERRE HUCHON
Head of France's military cooperation mission, dealing primarily with African countries, from 1993 to 1995. Huchon served as Quesnot's deputy from 1991 to 1993 and both men were heavily involved in formulating military strategy in Rwanda.
GEORGES MARTRES
French ambassador to Rwanda from 1989 to 1993. Now 80 years old.
JEAN-MICHEL MARLAUD
French ambassador to Rwanda from 1993 to 1994. Marlaud, 54, is France's ambassador to Colombia.
For a story on the Rwandan accusations, double-click on: [ID:nL5044632]
(Compiled by Francois Murphy in Paris, edited by Richard Meares)
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