Jean-Paul Pigasse
Jean-Paul Pigasse | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 July 1939 Toulouse, France |
| Died | 11 July 2026 (aged 86) |
| Education | Institut d'études politiques de Toulouse |
| Occupations | Journalist, media proprietor |
| Relatives | Mathieu Pigasse (nephew) |
Jean-Paul Pigasse (26 July 1939 – 11 July 2026) was a French journalist and media proprietor based in Brazzaville.
Early life
Jean-Paul Pigasse was born in Toulouse, France on 26 July 1939.
Career
Pigasse wrote under the pseudonym of 'Favilla' for Les Echos from 1978 to 1984.[1] He is the author of five non-fiction books.
He was the owner of ADIAC, a communications firm which publishes the daily newspaper Les Dépêches de Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo.[2][3] He was friends with Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso.[2][3]
In 2002, Tracfin realised that in 1999–2000, he had received 2.2 million Francs (around 340,000 Euros) from an offshore company called Socoil.[2] Out of this sum, 1.2 million Francs were transferred to French businessman André Tarallo as a payback for a prior loan.[2]
Personal life and death
His wife was a cousin of French businessman Alfred Sirven.[2] Pigasse lived in Brazzaville, Congo.[3] He died on 11 July 2026, at the age of 86.[4]
Bibliography
- La difficulté d'informer : vérités sur la presse économique (Paris: Alain Moreau, 1975).
- Les sept portes du futur : des clés pour déchiffrer l'avenir (Paris: Albin Michel, 1981).
- Le bouclier d'Europe (Paris: Robert Laffont, 1992).
- La France et sa défense (with Jacques Baumel, Paris: Forgues, 1994).
- Congo, chronique d'une guerre annoncée : 5 juin-15 octobre 1997 (Paris: L'Harmattan, 1997).
- Le dossier noir de la presse française (Paris: Forgues, 1998).
References
- ↑ Jean-Paul Pigasse, Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 1 2 3 4 5 La justice enquête sur l'ami du président congolais, Le Parisien, April 24, 2002
- 1 2 3 Maria Malagardis, Brazzaville entre plumes et enclume, Libération, February 22, 2013
- ↑ "Nécrologie". adiac-congo. 11 July 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.