Jacques Vergès

Acting

8 Movies 2 TV Shows

Born

March 5, 1925

Died

August 15, 2013

Place of Birth

Ubon Ratchathani, Siam (now called Thailand)

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Biography

Jacques Vergès (French pronunciation: [ʒak vɛʁʒɛs]; 5 March 1925 – 15 August 2013) was a French-Algerian lawyer of Vietnamese origin and anti-colonial activist. Vergès began as a fighter in the French Resistance during World War II, under Charles de Gaulle's Free French forces. After becoming a lawyer, he became well known for his defense of FLN militants during the Algerian War of Independence. H…