Robert Hersant

Robert Hersant
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1984–1996
Personal details
Born(1920-01-30)30 January 1920
Vertou, France
Died21 April 1996(1996-04-21) (aged 76)
Saint-Cloud, France
Resting placePassy Cemetery
Political partyRadical Party
ChildrenPhilippe Hersant
OccupationEditor

Robert Hersant (30 January 1920 – 21 April 1996) was a French newspaper magnate. He was a leader in the pro-Nazi youth movement during the Vichy wartime years, but after prison time built a major newspaper empire and engaged in conservative politics. At the time of his death he operated 40 publications and employed 8,000 people, but failed in his leap into television.