Jean-Charles Marchiani

Jean-Charles Marchiani was only 19 when he was recruited by the SDECE, while completing Law school in Aix-en-Provence (south-east of France), during the Algerian war.

Jean-Charles Marchiani became a national hero in France in 1988, when he managed to free three French civilians, held hostages for three years in Beirut by Hezbollah militias.

Jean-Charles Marchiani held double negotiations with Hezbollah dignitaries in Lebanon as well as with Iranian and Syrian officials.

Amongst them, former Iranian-Jewish SAVAK / DGSE agent Manucher Ghorbanifar had been stated to have also accompanied Marchiani during his meetings.

[4] Few weeks after the liberation of French pilots in 1996, Jean-Charles Marchiani was appointed by Jacques Chirac to prefect of the Var region (South East).