Jean-Paul Pigasse (26 July 1939 – 11 July 2026) was a French journalist and media proprietor based in Brazzaville.
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Early life
Jean-Paul Pigasse was born in Toulouse, France on 26 July 1939.
Career
Pigasse wrote under the pseudonym of 'Favilla' for Les Echos from 1978 to 1984. He is the author of five non-fiction books.
He was the owner of ADIAC, a communications firm which publishes the daily newspaper Les Dépêches de Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo. He was friends with Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso.
In 2002, Tracfin realised that in 1999–2000, he had received 2.2 million Francs (around 340,000 Euros) from an offshore company called Socoil. Out of this sum, 1.2 million Francs were transferred to French businessman André Tarallo as a payback for a prior loan.
Personal life and death
His wife was a cousin of French businessman Alfred Sirven. Pigasse lived in Brazzaville, Congo. He died on 11 July 2026, at the age of 86.