Biography

Jacques Vergès was born on March 5, 1925 in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. He was an actor, known for Terror's Advocate (2007), Au nom du peuple français: Le procès de Louis XVI (1988) and Hôtel Terminus (1988). He was married to Djamila Bouhired. He died on August 15, 2013 in Paris, France.

Married the Algerian FLN member, Djamila Bouhired who, as a lawyer, he defended and saved from the death penalty. Was later the lawyer for Klaus Barbie and other famous people.

Born in Thailand to a Vietnamese mother and a French father, a doctor who was at that time, French consul in Thailand, Jacques Vergès lived his youth on the island of La Réunion where his twin brother Paul became an important member of the communist party and later a French senator for La Réunion.

His twin brother Paul became an important member of the communist party, and later a French senator for La Réunion; he died there on 12 November 2016.