He was head of the French Information Office in London (1936-1939) and after teaching in Morocco (1940–1942) during World War II, he occupied a managerial post in the France-Afrique press agency in Algiers, before joining the Executive Office of the Resident-General in Rabat. In 1946 he entered UNESCO as Chief, Division of Free Flow of Information. In 1949 Jaime Torres Bodet appointed him Director of his Executive Office. In 1954 he became Assistant Director-General and was UNESCO’s representative at UN Headquarters from 1955 to 1958. He was promoted to Deputy Director-General in 1959, Acting Director-General in 1961, and in 1962–1974 Director-General, for two successive mandates.
rené, maheu, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2009, learn, when, remove, . This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Rene Maheu news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Rene Gabriel Eugene Maheu March 28 1905 in Saint Gaudens December 19 1975 in Paris was a French professor of philosophy and the sixth Director General of UNESCO He was a close friend of Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir Rene Maheu 1962 He was head of the French Information Office in London 1936 1939 and after teaching in Morocco 1940 1942 during World War II he occupied a managerial post in the France Afrique press agency in Algiers before joining the Executive Office of the Resident General in Rabat In 1946 he entered UNESCO as Chief Division of Free Flow of Information In 1949 Jaime Torres Bodet appointed him Director of his Executive Office In 1954 he became Assistant Director General and was UNESCO s representative at UN Headquarters from 1955 to 1958 He was promoted to Deputy Director General in 1959 Acting Director General in 1961 and in 1962 1974 Director General for two successive mandates Government officesPreceded byVittorino Veronese Director General of UNESCO1961 1974 Succeeded byAmadou Mahtar M Bow Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rene Maheu amp oldid 1067715442, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
