Yves Debay

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yves Debay
Occupation	War Correspondent
Date Of Birth	Dec 24, 1954(1954-12-24)
Age	70
Date Of Death	January 17, 2013, Aleppo, Syria
Birthplace	Lubumbashi
Country	France
Birth City	Haut-Katanga Province
Horoscope	Capricorn

Yves Debay Biography

Yves Debay is one of the most popular and richest War Correspondent who was born on December 24, 1954 in Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga Province, France.

Yves Debay was a former soldier who exchanged his gun for a pen and became a journalist specialising in military issues for war enthusiasts. In the late 1970s, Debay served in the Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment during the Rhodesian Bush War, 44 Parachute Brigade in the South African army during the South African Border War and later had a career as a journalist writing for Gazette des Armes. Debay was one of the founders of Raids in 1986 and worked for the French-language magazine for over 20 years covering military and war issues. In 2005, he founded his own military magazine called Assaut, for which he served as publisher, editor and journalist. As a war correspondent, he covered wars in Afghanistan, both Iraq wars, Lebanon, the Balkans, Libya and Syria.

Yves Debay was born in Élisabethville, Belgian Congo (later Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo). He first enlisted in the Belgian army in 1975 and later was a tank commander before turning to mercenary activities. In 1987, he became a French citizen.

Yves Debay Net Worth

Yves Debay is one of the richest War Correspondent from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yves Debay 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Yves Debay (24 December 1954 – 17 January 2013), a veteran French-Belgian war correspondent, founded and reported for French-language magazines Raids and later Assaut (Translation: Assault), which is published out of Boulogne- Billancourt, Paris, France. He was the first Belgian journalist to be killed in Syria.

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Facts & Trivia

Jumelle Ranked on the list of most popular War Correspondent. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Yves Debay celebrates birthday on December 24 of every year.