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# Bernard Kouchner

(1939)   Physician

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Bernard Kouchner is a physician.

## Quick Facts About Bernard Kouchner

Born November 1, 1939

Profession Physician

## About Bernard Kouchner

French doctor and politician... \| Bernard Kouchner is a French politician and doctor. He is the co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Médecins du Monde. From 2007 until 2010, he was the French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the center-right Fillon government under president Nicolas Sarkozy, although he had b

##  Quotes by Bernard Kouchner

> [“We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-kouchner/we-have-to-prepare-for-the-worst-and-the-worst-is-war/)

[Bernard Kouchner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-kouchner/)

[Iran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/)

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> [To be alone as a pioneerlike we were, was difficult. My strategy was not only to help the people, or transform the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-kouchner/to-be-alone-as-a-pioneerlike-we-were-was-difficult-my-strategy-was/)

[Bernard Kouchner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-kouchner/)

[Difficult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/difficult/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/bernard-kouchner-71971_difficult_to-be-alone-as-a-pioneerlike-we-were-was_879409.jpg)

> [Mankind's suffering belongs to all men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-kouchner/mankind-s-suffering-belongs-to-all-men/)

[Bernard Kouchner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-kouchner/)

[Mankind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mankind/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/bernard-kouchner-71971_mankind_mankind-s-suffering-belongs-to-all-men-1_1613742.jpg)

> [I am sad that the LDK has chosen not to participate in that first meeting. They are unhappy about the current composition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-kouchner/i-am-sad-that-the-ldk-has-chosen-not-to-participate-in-that-first/)

[Bernard Kouchner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-kouchner/)

[Chosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chosen/)

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