Charles Debbasch

Charles Debbasch , born on October 22nd 1937 with Tunis, is a Juriste and a Universitaire French.

Biography

The academic

Incorporated of right to 24 years, Charles Debbasch taught the administrative law and the political institutions with the Université of Aix-Marseilles III during nearly fifty years. He was also professor with the Collège of Europe to Bruges, and in foreign faculties. He is the author of reference books as regards Administrative law and of constitutional Law.

Charles Debbasch created in France the speciality of the right of the media. He is considered as expert in the fields of the intellectual property and the right of the foundations.

Senior of the Faculty of Law of Aix-Marseilles, it is one of the founders of the Université of Aix-Marseilles III (of which he was president) which was devoted during his mandate better French university. He directed a laboratory of the CNRS of which he was member of the directory and the Board of directors.

The public figure

Specialist in the institutions and the life of the States, Charles Debbasch exerted many public office. He took part in the cabinet of Edgar Faure, Ministre for State education after the university crisis of May 1968, then with the team of Valery Giscard d'Estaing during his septennate, in the capacity as advising for Education and the Culture.

Specialist in art and the right, it was the council many artists. He was the initiator of the creation of the Museum Yves Brayer with the Beam-of-Provence.

Also man of mediae, he was successively vice-president of FR3, managing director then president of the group the Dauphine one released. He created in the areas the Rhone-Alps and Provence twelve radio stations which were then integrated into the networks Skyrock and Fun Radio.

Charles Debbasch also made an incursion in policy at the time of the municipal elections of 1983: he then led a list to Aix-en-Provence, obtaining a disappointing score (5,77% of the votes cast).

The private man

Charles Debbasch was born in a European family from Tunisia, which will settle in Aix-en-Provence with independence. He was raises Lycée Carnot with Tunis.

Married twice, it is widowed today of his second wife. He is father of five children, of which the vice-chancellor of the Academy of Lyon Roland Debbasch.

Of a great urbanity, the Debbasch senior appears with Patricia Allémonière, journalist of TF1 which on the occasion to interview it in Togo, like a “Mister with the distinction old France, a little worn, ravaged by the ostracism of which it estimates victim at Paris”. The excellent manners and the equanimity of Charles Debbasch do not prevent it besides from being malicious, even inclined with the puns or the jokes a little schoolkids.

Lastly, in extreme cases of a certain assignment, Charles Debbasch loves the animals and does not hide any - besides Vincent Hugeux which met it with Kara brings back his friendship for the parrot of the best town hall (the Debbasch senior will make with the gray bird with red tail the honor of a mention in the title of a work of 2006: succession of Eyadema: the parrot of Kara ). At the time of the bounces of the Vasarely business, the article devoteds to with Charles Debbasch do not fail to evoke attaching it and regretted yorkshire Love, that it transports under the arm when its way crosses the press photographers or cameramen, and to which it devoted a book of homage: a love of Coils. Five years with my yorkshire preferred .

Charles Debbasch and Africa

The Council of many African Heads of State, it wrote many African constitutions. The Morocco it ensured of 1981 1985 - with the personal request for Its Majesty the king Hassan II - the direction of a team of lawyers in responsibility of form with the right compared the crown prince, current the Mohammed VI; he also played in Coast-with Ivoire a part of council near the presidents Felix Houphouët-Boigny then Henri Konan Bédié. Lastly, at the end of the years 1990, he also advised President Gabon board Omar Bongo, and was under contract with the République of Congo in order to help with the drafting of the new constitution.

The constitutionnalist assists Togo since the beginning of the Années 1990; he acquired the Togolese citizenship besides. After having been the legal council of the Togolese president Eyadema, he is today minister, special adviser of the Head of the Togolese State, Faure Gnassingbé. Questioned by the daily newspaper the Cross in 2007 as for opportunity of preserving in its circle of advisers a man condemned by French justice, Faure Gnassingbé is explained some by answering that “is not in the African designs to get rid somebody who was faithful to you for a long time”.

Its detractors show it to be the “inspirer - if not the author” of the Togolese Constitution, which he does not contradict while insisting to relativize his role. He would have played a crucial role in the constitutional coup d'etat thanks to which it son of the general Eyadéma, the strong man of Togo during thirty-eight years, succeeded his/her father in February 2005, without it being easy to distinguish the share from the journalistic exaggeration and reality.

The business of the Foundation Vasarely

Senior of the Faculty of Law of Aix-en-Provence and president of the University of Aix-Marseilles III, professor Debbasch was chosen by the University of Aix to assume the presidency of the Fondation Vasarely. With the assistance of the Board of directors, he assumed the responsibility for it during ten years.

After the death of the wife of the painter Claire Vasarely, the Vasarely heirs take again the control of the Foundation and blame the Debbasch senior who had managed it of 1981 to 1992 in the name of the University, obtaining in 1993 at the conclusion of a legal procedure the cancellation of the mandate of administrator of Charles Debbasch. They in addition deposit penal complaints against this one.

In November 1994 follows a rocambolesque episode where the gendarmerie, charged to carry out a letter of request against the senior Debbasch, finds it cut off in its office from the faculty of Aix-en-Provence under the guard of a group of students. After one weekend of “seat”, it finally is challenged and placed in detention on November 28th, 1994 with the Prison of Baumettes, where it remains imprisoned in detention pending trial until February 15th according to.

Returned in front of the Magistrates' court under the preventions of forgery, use of forgery and breach of trust, Charles Debbasch is condemned on February 20th, 2002, judgment confirmed essentially by a stop of the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence of January 7th, 2003, which it release of the charge of forgery but condemns it for use of forgery and breach of trust. This stop will be broken the following year, but in its only provisions concerning the use of forgery, and is thus final with regard to the judgment of Mr. Debbasch for breach of trust as for civil repairs of which it is indebted (405 000 euros with its only load, and 214.028 euros jointly with Pierre Lucas, condemned to its sides). Following this partial cassation, the procedure is réouverte before the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence which condemns Charles Debbasch on May 11th, 2005 for the only offense of breach of trust to 2 years of prison including 1 year with deferment under the mode of testing period during three years, pains accompanied of a fine of 150.000 euros and a deprivation of certain civic rights, civil and of family during 5 years.

Vincent Hugeux announces that they are not there the first contentions of Charles Debbasch with justice: according to him, he would already have been condemned in 1980, by the Court of Appeal of Paris, for Contrefaçon he would have published the same legal treaty in two different publishers. Finally Le Monde gives a report on an investigation concerning the suspect cashing of 1,2 million euros in cash on an account open to Luxembourg, then their transfer in direction of three companies domiciled to Niue, investigation which leads to a setting in examination for “bleaching and fraudulent organization of insolvency”. The Debbasch senior denies any fraudulent character with these transactions, ensuring that it is not a question of funds related to the Vasarely business but of fees paid under his activities of council near the Republic of the Togo and the embassy of Togo the Benelux, duly declared with the Togolese tax department.

Since 2005

The mediae evoked with some recoveries the personality of Charles Debbasch since his judgment.

Initially in the Marseilles press: Marseilles Hebdo reports into 2006 that Charles Debbasch continues since 2003 to perceive his treatment of professor d' Université while residing at Togo, since it is charged since this date by the University with Aix-Marseilles from which it concerns a mission of co-operation with the universities of Lome and Kara. According to the author of the article, sources close to the president of the University admitted that “everyone knew that its mission was completely fictitious” and that it was about “a political decision which was made with the more high level”.

One can also raise the interpellation the May 16th 2007 of Charles Debbasch to the airport of Brussels where it was apprétait to take off bound for Lome, and its placement under judicial control with prohibition to leave the Belgium, business which will be regulated well quickly since Charles Debbasch can one week later approximately regain Lome.

Finally the bodies of Togolese information relay the defense of Charles Debbasch, who affirms always completely innocent offenses for which he was condemned, like his legal counter-offensive. The site of information of the Togolese Republic, Republicoftogo.com, reports that Charles Debbasch launched a counter-attack, on the one hand while carrying felt sorry for Escroquerie to the judgment (according to him the lodged complaints by Victor Vasarely were forgeries), like its legal counter-offensive. The site of information of the Togolese Republic, Republicoftogo.com, reports that Charles Debbasch launched a counter-attack, on the one hand while carrying felt sorry for Escroquerie to the judgment (according to him the lodged complaints by Victor Vasarely were forgeries) and on the other hand - concerning the incident of Brussels, against Michel de Bonnecorse, former adviser for the African businesses of Jacques Chirac,

Works of Charles Debbasch

administration with the capacity, civils servant and policies under the 5th Republic, Calmann-Levy - Topical questions, 1970.
the disorientated University, PUF, 1971.
France of Pompidou, PUF, 1974.
Cats of the Emirate - political Tale, Holy Victoire, 1976.
the State civilized - Against the wild capacity, Beech, 1979.
the revealed Elysium, Albin Michel, 1982.
the disgrace of socialism, Economica, 1985.
the political success, Editions Atlas-Economica, 1987.
the cold cohabitation, Economica, 1988.
Memories of the Senior of Aix-en-Provence, Jaguar-Assas Bookstore, 1996.
a Corsican heart, the Margin, 1996.
a love of Coils, the Margin, 2001.
the institutional future of Corsica, the Margin, 2000.
Contes of our favorite animals, the Margin, 2004.
Chronique of a legal disaster, the Vasarely scandal, Colonna, 2006.
the succession of Eyadema, Harmattan, 2006.

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