Born on 1 September 1931, Dupuch studied at the
École nationale de la France d'outre-mer and began his career in
Grenoble, organizing the
1968 Summer Olympics. He then became a government official in the
Charles de Gaulle administration in the
Élysée Palace. After de Gaulle's departure, he led the cabinets of several government ministers such as
Prime Minister Pierre Messmer and
Minister of Defence Yvon Bourges. He was later a special advisor to Prime Minister
Raymond Barre. Dupuch was appointed Ambassador of France to Ivory Coast in 1979, when at age 47 he was the youngest ambassador in France. He remained in
Abidjan and
Yamoussoukro until 1993, when
President Félix Houphouët-Boigny died in 1993. He advised Chirac on African affairs from 1995 to 2002 and retired at age 72 despite the President's pleas for him to remain. Dupuch died on 19 June 2024, at the age of 92. ==Distinctions==