Topic: Charles Pasqua

French ex-minister acquitted in Angolan arms scandal

AFP Global Edition - 294 days ago
A French appeals court on Friday overturned a former interior minister's conviction for corruption in a far-reaching scandal over arms sales to Angola in the 1990s.Charles Pasqua, 84, had received a jail term of one year with two suspended in ...

Pasqua calls defence minister as appeal witness

AFP Global Edition - 393 days ago
France's former interior minister Charles Pasqua, facing prison for his part in a scheme to smuggle arms to Angola, called Thursday for Defence Minister Alain Juppe to testify at his appeal.The 83-year-old political veteran, a leading figure of the French ...

Domestic Affairs

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 452 days ago
Edouard Balladur had been the darling of the polls for his entire two-year stint as prime minister, and he remained well ahead until February 13, when he formally launched his presidential campaign. On February 10 the flight from France of Didier Schuller ...

Ex-Chirac ally convicted for corruption

AFP Global Edition - 658 days ago
<div><p>A French court on Friday slapped a one-year suspended sentence on Charles Pasqua -- a former ally of president Jacques Chirac -- on charges of corruption while he was a government minister.</p><p>The 83-year-old senator was cleared of two of ...

Ex-French minister links Chirac to arms scandal

Reuters US Online Report World News - 827 days ago
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua, convicted last month for his role in an arms scandal in the 1990s, accused former President Jacques Chirac on Thursday of letting illegal weapons sales to Angola go ahead.Pasqua was given a three ...

France jails 'Angolagate' power players

AFP Global Edition - 842 days ago
A French court slapped jail terms Tuesday on the main players in a network that smuggled arms to war-torn Angola and included an ex-minister and the son of the late president Francois Mitterrand.Russian-Israeli tycoon Arkady Gaydamak was convicted in absentia for ...

French court convicts 4 in Angola arms trial

AP News - 843 days ago
French court jails former interior minister in Angola arms trafficking trialA Paris court has jailed former interior minister Charles Pasqua and given a suspended sentence to the son of late President Francois Mitterrand for involvement in arms trafficking to Angola.The court ...

French pardon of bribe-taker raises hackles

AP News - 1147 days ago
French ask why president pardoned well-connected figure convicted of taking bribesAmong 27 prisoners granted French presidential pardons this holiday season is one with an unusual resume.Jean-Charles Marchiani, a former secret agent, helped free French hostages in Lebanon in the 1980s and ...

Sarkozy cuts corruption sentence for right-wing politician

AFP Global Edition - 1150 days ago
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday granted a partial amnesty to a right-wing politician jailed for taking multi-million-dollar kickbacks for public contracts in the 1990s.A former member of the European Parliament and French regional governor, who is also currently standing trial ...