Born: 5-Mar-1925
Birthplace: Ubon, Thailand

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Attorney

Nationality: France
Executive summary: Attorney specializing in defense of monsters

Among those Vergès has defended include Klaus Barbie and Carlos the Jackal, and he filed an amicus brief for Slobodan Milosevic. He has been hired to defend both Tariq Aziz and Saddam Hussein (hired by Saddam's nephew, though there is some dispute as to who will actually be defending Hussein) against military tribunals in Iraq.

Father: Raymond Vergès (French Diplomat)
Mother: (Vietnamese)
Brother: Paul (served prison sentence for murder)
Wife: Djamila Bouhired (Algerian nationalist and convicted terrorist, m. 1960s)

    University: Sorbonne

    French Ancestry Paternal
    Vietnamese Ancestry Maternal

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