Georges Fillioud was a French

French people

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 politician

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. He was a member of the French gouvernment in charge of mass media

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 from 1981 to 1986, under former President François Mitterand.

Biography

Georges Filloud was born on July 7, 1929 in Lyon

Lyon

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, France

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. In the 1960s, he worked for Europe 1

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Europe 1, formerly known as Europe n° 1, is a privately owned radio network created in 1955. It is one of the leading French radio broadcasters and heard throughout France...

. He served as Minister (or State Secretary) of Communication from 1981 to 1986. In this capacity, he made it possible for radio

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 and television

Television

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 channels to be privately owned, leading to the creation of Canal +. From 1990 to 1994, he served as the Director of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel

Institut national de l'audiovisuel

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. He died on September 15, 2011.