Jacques Mercier

{{short description|Belgian writer and television and radio presenter}} {{For|the architect|Jacques Le Mercier}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Jacques Mercier | image = C Jacques Mercier.jpg | alt = Mercier smiling with book in the background | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|10|17}} | birth_place = Mouscron, Belgium | death_date =  | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Writer, television presenter | years_active = 1963–present | spouse = | partner = | website = }}

'''Jacques Mercier''' (born 17 October 1943 in Mouscron) is a Belgian writer and television and radio presenter.

The third eldest son of René and Denise Mercier, Jacques Mercier was educated at St. Joseph's College. Mercier joined RTBF in September 1963 and started his career by hosting radio shows such as ''Dimanche musique'' (with {{ill|Stéphane Steeman|fr|Stéphane Steeman}}) and ''Musique au petit déjeuner''. He also hosted programmes such as ''{{ill|Le Jeu des dictionnaires|fr|Le Jeu des dictionnaires}}'' and {{ill|La Semaine infernale|fr|La Semaine infernale}}, and on television, between 1980 until 1986 and again in 1989 he provided the French language commentary for RTBF viewers at the Eurovision Song Contest.

In November 2008, Mercier left the RTBF after 45 years of work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://michelgheude.skyrock.com/1957222385-141-En-pensant-a-Jacques-Mercier.html|title = 141 - en pensant à Jacques Mercier|date = 16 August 2008}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.jacquesmercier.be/ Jacques Mercier official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826001240/http://www.jacquesmercier.be/ |date=26 August 2011 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mercier, Jacques}} Category:1943 births Category:Living people Category:People from Mouscron Category:Belgian television presenters Category:Belgian journalists Category:Belgian male journalists Category:20th-century Belgian writers Category:20th-century Belgian male writers