Jacques Foccart was a French businessman and politician, best known as a chief adviser to French presidents on African colonial, and later post-colonial affairs. He also co-founded in 1959 with Charles Pasqua the Service d'Action Civique (SAC), a controversial organization in the service of Charles de Gaulle. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he exercised significant influence over French policy in Africa, earning the nickname Monsieur Afrique.