Francois Bernard, long active in the French Jewish community and on behalf of Israel, has been appointed Secretary General of the Defense Ministry, the senior non-political career post in France’s Defense Department. Bernard, 51, was a member of the executive committee of the Representative Council of Major French Jewish Organizations (CRIF) and served as a vice president of the French section of the Jewish National Fund until 1981 when he was appointed Director of the Office of the Defense Minister. He is the father of four children.
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