Georges Nguyen Van Loc

Georges Nguyen Van Loc (2 April 1933 – 7 December 2008) was a French policeman, actor, and author.

Georges Nguyen Van Loc
Born(1933-04-02)2 April 1933
Marseille, France
Died7 December 2008(2008-12-07) (aged 75)
Cannes, France
OccupationPoliceman

Career

Van Loc worked as a policeman, police inspector and commissioner in his native Marseille for many years. He later wrote an autobiography about his career as a police officer and played himself in a television series based on his life. He created the first GIPN. He was nicknamed "le Chinois" ("the Chinese") despite his Vietnamese descent.

Death

Van Loc died of a heart attack in Cannes, France on 7 December 2008, aged 75.[1]

Works authored
  • Le Chinois Tome 1: Le Chinois, 1989 Presses de la Cité
  • Triangle d'or, 1992 Presses de la Cité
  • Le Chinois: La peau d'un caïd, 1994 Presses de la Cité
  • Affaires criminelles, 1995 Presses de la Cité
  • Le Chinois: Les marchands de venin, 1995 Presses de la Cité
  • Le troisième juge, 1996 Presses de la Cité
  • Meurtres au soleil, 1996 Presses de la Cité
  • Le Chinois: Les aviseurs, 1997 Presses de la Cité
  • Vengeance transversale, 2002 Ramsay
  • Van Loc, 2004 Autres Temps
  • Les Marchands de venin, 2004 Autres Temps
  • La peau d'un caïd, 2004 Autres Temps
  • Paroles d'homme, 2005 Autres Temps
  • Le Chinois Tome 6: Le Crépuscule des voyous, 2006 Autres Temps
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References
  1. http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/deces-d-un-celebre-commissaire-de-police-07-12-2008-334656.php


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