Tribute to Olivier Dassault

Tributes.

Tributes in spades.

Of his family obviously, of his wife Natacha, of his three children, Héléna, Rémi and Thomas, of his sister, Marie-Hélène and of his brothers, Laurent and Thierry, who formed, with Olivier, like the four leaves of the clover, the logo of the Dassault Group and the talisman of its creator, Marcel Dassault.

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Tributes from a former President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, close to the family for many years, but also from the current Prime Minister, Jean Castex, who spoke, in the afternoon, in front of an assembly where many political leaders - Gérard Larcher, Bruno Le Maire, Valérie Pécresse, Alain Juppé, Jean-François Copé, Gérard Longuet, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, Hervé Gaymard, Damien Abbad, Caroline Cayeux, the mayor of Beauvais - bosses, including Charles Edelstenne, CEO of the Dassault Group (owner of the

Figaro

) and chairman of the board of directors of Dassault Systèmes, Prince Albert of Monaco, but also lesser-known friends - from his golf teacher to a fellow pilot , met at the Air School.

In the afternoon, at the church of Saint-Louis des Invalides, as in the morning, in the cathedral of Saint-Pierre de Beauvais, in "his" constituency, the one where he was first elected in 1988, thus marching in the footsteps of his grandfather, Marcel, all those who wanted to express themselves to celebrate the memory of this

"flamboyant" "who left as he lived, in a whirlwind",

as his brother Thierry said - "

Our family Jean d'Ormesson",

noted his nephew - above all celebrated the incredible vital force and generosity of Olivier Dassault.

"How not to think of the 'Little Prince'?"

““ The urgency to live ”“ Live forever ”“ Live thoroughly “.

Olivier was a ball of life, flamboyant, demanding, intrepid, deeply kind and benevolent.

He was a lover of life.

“We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers”.

Olivier passionately loved his family, his wife, his children Héléna, Rémi and Thomas, his brothers and his sister.

Olivier passionately loved France, and the planes that serve it.

Olivier passionately loved the Oise and its constituency ”,

declared in his homily, Mgr Antoine de Romanet, bishop of the French Armies.

Before adding: "

How not to think of the

Little Prince

while turning the eyes of our heart towards Olivier?

How can we not think of his many links with the author of

Vol de nuit

?

So true is it “that one can only see well with the heart (…)” He made his life a waking dream. ”

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Olivier Dassault, a life of passions

In a few words and in front of his coffin carried, a few moments earlier, by students of the Air School, the bishop of the French Armies painted in broad strokes and in a very fair way life or rather the thousand and one lives of Nicole and Serge Dassault's eldest son.

Officer, engineer, pilot, deputy and photographer, the one who, among his group of friends baptized the four musketeers, played the role of d'Artagnan and liked, as a child, to disguise himself as Zorro was in the opinion of all

"an epicurean "

.

"This life, you devoured it

",

"you, the extravagant

", testified his brother Laurent, evoking their childhood memories and the common love they had for their grandfather who taught them the requirement, the work, the love of France and aviation.

"We were so proud, it was our intimate bond, it will remain our eternal bond

(…)

It is from him that you derive this desire to fly ever higher and the love of politics,"

added Laurent

.

"

You went into the air, this place where you always told us that you felt alive",

added his sister, Marie-Hélène.

He was all gentleness, kindness, understanding and he died in the most brutal way possible

Nicolas sarkozy

The Prime Minister, Jean Castex, greeted

“the elected official appreciated by all (…) and completely foreign to any spirit of sectarianism”.

He recalled that Olivier Dassault was, “

like his father and grandfather, a great industrialist, but also, just like them, an elected representative of the people.

An elected official in whom the voters of the Oise have placed their confidence six times since 1988. This commitment to public affairs, I have often witnessed it directly until last week when Olivier accompanied me to the heart of his constituency, as part of a trip to Beauvais.

It is impossible for me to think of these last hours spent by his side, so close, but now so far away, without great emotion. "

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The editorial of the Figaro: "Olivier Dassault, passionately French"

Nicolas Sarkozy first paid tribute to the Dassault family,

"hard hit by the loss of three of his family, Serge, Nicole and now Olivier". "He was all gentleness, kindness, understanding and he died in the most brutal way possible,"

he said. Before concluding:

"He had all the gifts, except that of choosing between all his gifts."

Finally, his wife, Natacha, greeted "

his flamboyant

", met 17 years ago, and cited Brel for his sky knight, whose departure was greeted, in Beauvais as in Paris, by the flight of two Rafales.