Robert Hersant | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 1984–1996 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Vertou, France | 30 January 1920
Died | 21 April 1996 Saint-Cloud, France | (aged 76)
Resting place | Passy Cemetery |
Political party | Radical Party |
Children | Philippe Hersant |
Occupation | Editor |
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.