BERNARD KOUCHNER

Minister of Foreign and European Affairs In office
17 May 2007 – 13 November 2010
Prime Minister François Fillon
Preceded by Philippe Douste-Blazy (Foreign and European Affairs)
Succeeded by Michèle Alliot-Marie
Minister of Health
In office
2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993
Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy
Preceded by Claude Evin
Succeeded by Simone Veil
Personal details
Born 1 November 1939 (1939-11-01) (age 71)
Avignon, France
Political party Independent (2007–present)
Other political
affiliations Socialist Party (1966–2007)
Communist Party (Before 1966)
Spouse(s) Christine Ockrent
Profession Physician
Bernard Kouchner (born 1 November 1939 in Avignon) is a French politician, diplomat, and doctor. He is co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Médecins du Monde. From 2007 until 2010 he was the French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the right-wing Fillon government under president Nicolas Sarkozy, although he had been in the past a minister in socialist governments.