Editing Jacques Vergès (section)

== Personal life ==
Jacques Vergès was married twice. He had a son with his first wife, Karine. He would go on to marry his client Djamila Bouhired, having two children with her.<ref name=":2" />

According to ''[[The Economist]]'', "history was his first love, and he still sometimes dreamed of deciphering [[Etruscan language|Etruscan]] or [[Linear A]], unfolding the secrets of mysterious civilizations."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2013/08/28/jacques-verges|title=Jacques Vergès|date=28 August 2013|newspaper=The Economist}}</ref>

In 2002, he called former Serbian leader [[Slobodan Milošević]] "extremely likeable".{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} In January 2008, he personally supported [[Tomislav Nikolić]], nationalist leader of the [[Serbian Radical Party]].<ref>[https://www.lexpress.fr/monde/a-belgrade-verges-soutient-le-candidat-ultranationaliste_469448.html A Belgrade, Vergès soutient le candidat ultranationaliste]</ref>