“He was a man of exceptional intelligence and erudition, a humanist and a lover of the arts,” said Jack Lang.

“He was a man of exceptional intelligence and erudition, a humanist, a lover of the arts with an insatiable curiosity.”recalls Jack Lang, former Minister of Culture under François Mitterrand, on France Inter on Wednesday July 3. He reacted to the death of Roland Dumas, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, also under François Mitterrand. The former president of the Constitutional Council died at the age of 101.

“His loyalty to François Mitterrand is remarkable,” Jack Lang points out, “He accompanied him through all the moments, the happiest and the hardest.”. Roland Dumas was a “Grand Minister of Foreign Affairs”particularly at the time of the Balkan War, which he managed “with finesse and diplomacy”as he has “admirably handled the fall of the Berlin Wall”believes the former Minister of Culture. He was also “the lawyer of decolonization”recalls Jack Lang.

As for the end of Roland Dumas’ career, tarnished by the Elf scandal, which forced him to resign as President of the Constitutional Council, and by his criminal conviction in the case of the succession of the sculptor Giacometti, “He was a man who loved life”sweeps Jack Lang.