Raymond Barre
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European Commission
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and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three Presidents (Rey
Jean Rey (politician)
Jean Rey was a Belgian lawyer and Liberal politician who became the second President of the European Commission.-Early life:...
, Malfatti
Franco Maria Malfatti
Franco Maria Malfatti , was an Italian politician and President of the European Commission.-Biography:A descendant of Philip IV of France and wife Joan I of Navarre , Malfatti was born in Rome...
and Mansholt
Sicco Mansholt
Sicco Leendert Mansholt was the fourth President of the European Commission in 1972–1973. He was the European Commissioner for Agriculture from 1958 until 1972....
) and later served as Prime Minister
Prime Minister of France
The Prime Minister of France in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. The head of state is the President of the French Republic...
under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing is a French centre-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981...
from 1976 until 1981. As a candidate for the presidency in 1988
French presidential election, 1988
Presidential elections were held in France on 24 April and 8 May 1988.In 1981, the Socialist Party leader, François Mitterrand, was elected President of France and the Left won the legislative election. However, in 1986, the Right regained a parliamentary majority. President Mitterrand was forced...
, he came in third and was eliminated in the first round. He was born in Saint-Denis
Saint-Denis, Réunion
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, in the French island of Réunion
Réunion
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, then still a colony (it became an overseas department in 1946).
Professional life
After his education, Raymond Barre was professor of economics at Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).From 1959 to 1962, he was director of Jean-Marcel Jeanneney
Jean-Marcel Jeanneney
Jean-Marcel Jeanneney was a minister in various French governments in the 1950s and 60s, as well as France's first ambassador to Algeria in the immediate aftermath of the Algerian War...
's staff, in the ministry of Industry and Trade. Then, in 1967, President Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
chose him as vice-president of the
Vice-President of the European Commission
A Vice President of the European Commission is a post in the European Commission usually occupied by more than one member of the Commission. Since the 2009 Lisbon Treaty entered into force, one of these is ex-officio the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,...
European Commission
European Commission
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for Economic & Financial Affairs
European Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs
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. He stayed in Brussels
Brussels
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until January 1973, serving in the Rey
Rey Commission
The Rey Commission is the European Commission that held office from 2 July 1967 to 30 June 1970. Its President was Jean Rey.-Work:It was the first Commission of the merged European Communities. It was the successor to the Hallstein Commission and was succeeded by the Malfatti Commission...
, Malfatti
Malfatti Commission
The Malfatti Commission is the European Commission that held office from 1 July 1970 to 21 March 1972. Its President was Franco Maria Malfatti.- Work :...
and Mansholt Commission
Mansholt Commission
The Mansholt Commission is the European Commission that held office from 22 March 1972 to 5 January 1973. Its President was Sicco Mansholt.- Work :It was the successor to the Malfatti Commission and was succeeded by the Ortoli Commission...
s. Having come back to France, he joined the cabinet as minister of the External Trade in January 1976.
Premiership
Seven months later, while mostly unknown at that time, President Giscard d'Estaing appointed him Prime ministerPrime Minister of France
The Prime Minister of France in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. The head of state is the President of the French Republic...
and Minister of Economy and Finance. He presented him to the French people as "the best economist in France" . Under the Fifth Republic
French Fifth Republic
The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, introduced on 4 October 1958. The Fifth Republic emerged from the collapse of the French Fourth Republic, replacing the prior parliamentary government with a semi-presidential system...
, he was the only person to hold these two offices at the same time. He left the ministry of Economy and Finance in 1978, but stayed as Prime minister until the defeat of Giscard d'Estaing at the 1981 presidential election
French presidential election, 1981
The French presidential election of 1981 took place on 10 May 1981, giving the presidency of France to François Mitterrand, the first Socialist president of the Fifth Republic....
.
At the head of the cabinet, he was faced with the conflict which divided the parliamentary majority between the "Giscardians" and the neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic
Rally for the Republic
The Rally for the Republic , was a French right-wing political party. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic , it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullism...
(RPR) led by his predecessor Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
. The right majority unexpectedly won the 1978 legislative election
French legislative election, 1978
The French legislative elections took place on 12 March and 19 March 1978 to elect the 6th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.On 2 April 1974 President Georges Pompidou died. The non-Gaullist center-right leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was elected to succeed him...
.
Barre was also confronted with an economic crisis. He advocated a strict policy to cut inflation and public spending, and the industrial "restructuring" ("Barre Plans"). In the face of trade union opposition, he did not use diplomatic language, mocking "the bearers of banners" and he exhorted "instead of grousing, you should work hard".
Post-premiership
After his departure from the head of the cabinet, he was elected deputy of RhôneRhône (département)
Rhône is a French department located in the central Eastern region of Rhône-Alpes. It is named after the Rhône River.- History :The Rhône department was created on August 12, 1793 when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire was split into two departments: Rhône and Loire.Originally, the eastern...
département under the label of the Union for French Democracy
Union for French Democracy
The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...
(UDF). He held his parliamentary seat until 2002.
In the 1980s, he competed for the leadership of the right against Chirac. Believing that the "cohabitation
Cohabitation (government)
Cohabitation in government occurs in semi-presidential systems, such as France's system, when the President is from a different political party than the majority of the members of parliament. It occurs because such a system forces the president to name a premier that will be acceptable to the...
" was incompatible with the "Fifth Republic
French Fifth Republic
The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, introduced on 4 October 1958. The Fifth Republic emerged from the collapse of the French Fourth Republic, replacing the prior parliamentary government with a semi-presidential system...
", he let Chirac take the lead of the cabinet after the 1986 legislative election
French legislative election, 1986
The French legislative elections took place on 16 March 1986 to elect the 8th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. Contrary to other legislative elections of the Fifth Republic, the electoral system used was that of Party-list proportional representation.Since the 1981 election of François...
. He ran as UDF candidate for president in the 1988 election
French presidential election, 1988
Presidential elections were held in France on 24 April and 8 May 1988.In 1981, the Socialist Party leader, François Mitterrand, was elected President of France and the Left won the legislative election. However, in 1986, the Right regained a parliamentary majority. President Mitterrand was forced...
, but some components of his party supported covertly the other right-wing candidate, the Neo-Gaullist Prime Minister Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
. In this, in spite of positive polls at the beginning of the campaign, he came the third behind the two protagonists of the "cohabitation": the Socialist President François Mitterrand
François Mitterrand
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was the 21st President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra, serving from 1981 until 1995. He is the longest-serving President of France and, as leader of the Socialist Party, the only figure from the left so far elected President...
and Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
. For the second round, he called his voters to transfer to the RPR candidate, who was finally defeated.
After the failure of his presidential candidacy, he focused on his local tenures, in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
. In 1995, the RPR Mayor of Lyon Michel Noir
Michel Noir
-Political career:Governmental functionsMinister of Foreign Trade : 1986-1988Electoral mandatesNational Assembly of France...
could not compete for another term in due to a judicial indictment, and consequently, Barre was the right-wing candidate to the mayoralty. He was elected but he did not run for a second term in 2001. One year later, he finished his last parliamentary term in the French National Assembly
French National Assembly
The French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....
and he retired from politics.
Raymond Barre was probably the only French politician to have reached such high levels of responsibilities without having ever been an official member or leader of any political party. He always kept some distance with what he considered to be the political "microcosm
Macrocosm and microcosm
Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale all the way down to the smallest scale...
".
Raymond Barre died on 25 August 2007 at age 83 at the Val-de-Grâce
Val-de-Grâce
This article describes the hospital and former abbey. For the main article on Mansart and Lemercier's central church, see Church of the Val-de-Grâce....
military hospital in Paris, where he was taken care for heart problems since his transfer from a hospital in Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...
on 11 April 2007.
Political career
Governmental functionsPrime minister : 1976–1981.
Minister of Economy and Finance : 1976–1978.
Minister of Foreign Trade : January–August 1976.
Electoral mandates
National Assembly of France
Member of the National Assembly of France for Rhône (department) : 1981–2002. Elected in 1981, reelected in 1986, 1988, 1993, 1997.
Municipal Council
Mayor of Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
: 1995–2001.
Municipal councillor of Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
: 1995–2001.
Urban community Council
President of the Urban Community of Lyon
Urban Community of Lyon
The Urban Community of Lyon , also known as Grand Lyon or by its former acronym COURLY, is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Lyon and some of its suburbs....
: 1995–2001.
Member of the Urban Community of Lyon
Urban Community of Lyon
The Urban Community of Lyon , also known as Grand Lyon or by its former acronym COURLY, is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Lyon and some of its suburbs....
: 1995–2001.
Allegations of Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism
Antisemitism is suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage. According to a 2005 U.S...
. In 1980, when he was prime minister, a bombing was attempted against a synagogue in the rue Copernic
Union Libérale Israélite de France
The Union Libérale Israélite de France , sometimes called the rue Copernic synagogue, is a Reform Jewish synagogue, located in Paris, France. Founded in 1907 by Rabbi Louis-Germain Levy, it is the oldest Reform synagogue in France. It has been led by Rabbi Michael Williams since 1978...
, in Paris; however the bomb detonated in the street when the Jews attending shabbat
Shabbat
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were inside the synagogue, and not when they were out; but as a result some non-Jewish bystanders were killed. Raymond Barre then famously denounced:
- "A hateful attack which wanted to strike at the Jews who were in that synagogue, and which [instead] struck innocent French people who were crossing the street."
A controversy erupted because Raymond Barre's sentence seemed to imply that the Jews inside the synagogue were neither completely innocent, or were not French.
On 5 February 2005, Raymond Barre spoke about Bruno Gollnisch
Bruno Gollnisch
Bruno Gollnisch is a French academic and politician, a member of the National Front far-right party, and a member of the European Parliament. He was chairman of the European Parliamentary group 'Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty' in 2007, which was dissolved in November 2007 following the...
, one of the leaders of the controversial Front National
Front National (France)
The National Front is a political party in France. The party was founded in 1972, seeking to unify a variety of French far-right currents of the time. Jean-Marie Le Pen was the party's first leader and the undisputed centre of the party from its start until his resignation in 2011...
party (widely considered to be far-right):
- "Gollnisch is a likeable person, he gets sometimes carried away by outrageous speech, but he's a good person."
Later, Barre was criticized for defending the collaborationist
Collaboration during World War II
Within nations occupied by the Axis Powers, some citizens, driven by nationalism, ethnic hatred, anti-communism, anti-Semitism or opportunism, knowingly engaged in collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II...
Maurice Papon
Maurice Papon
Maurice Papon was a French civil servant, industrial leader and Gaullist politician, who was convicted for crimes against humanity for his participation in the deportation of over 1600 Jews during World War II when he was secretary general for police of the Prefecture of Bordeaux.Papon also...
at his trial. He issued the following statement to his accusers:
" I am and have always been on the side of the Holocaust's survivors to condemn barbary and its accomplices."
Barre's First Government, 27 August 1976 – 30 March 1977
- Raymond Barre – Prime MinisterPrime Minister of FranceThe Prime Minister of France in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. The head of state is the President of the French Republic...
and Minister of Economy and FinanceMinister of the Economy, Finance and Industry (France)The Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment , or Minister of Finance for short, is one of the most prominent positions in the cabinet of France after the Prime Minister.... - Louis de GuiringaudLouis de GuiringaudLouis de Guiringaud was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Raymond Barre between 1976 and 1978...
– Minister of Foreign AffairsMinister of Foreign Affairs (France)Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs ), is France's foreign affairs ministry, with the headquarters located on the Quai d'Orsay in Paris close to the National Assembly of France. The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the government of France is the cabinet minister responsible for... - Yvon Bourges – Minister of DefenseMinister of Defence (France)The Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs is the French government cabinet member charged with running the military of France....
- Michel PoniatowskiMichel PoniatowskiMichel Poniatowski was a Polish Prince and French politician. He was a founder of the Independent Republicans and a part of the administration for President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Poniatowski served as Minister of Health from 1973 to 1974 and Minister of the Interior in the d'Estaing government...
– Minister of the InteriorMinister of the Interior (France)The Minister of the Interior in France is one of the most important governmental cabinet positions, responsible for the following:* The general interior security of the country, with respect to criminal acts or natural catastrophes... - Michel d'OrnanoMichel d'OrnanoMichel d'Ornano was a French politician. A descendant of both Marie Walewska and Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, he began his political career as mayor of Deauville in 1962...
– Minister of Industry and Research - Christian BeullacChristian BeullacChristian Beullac, French politician, born 29 November 1923 in Marseillan, , died 16 June 1986.- Biography :After secondary education in Nice and at the Champollion lycée in Grenoble, he went to the École Polytechnique in 1943 and entered the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées...
– Minister of Labour - Olivier GuichardOlivier GuichardOlivier Guichard was a French politician. He was born in Néac and joined the French Army in 1944 and served until the end of World War II, during which, he earned the Médaille militaire and the Croix de guerre. At the end of his life he also was a grand officer of the Légion d'honneur.In 1947, he...
– Minister of JusticeMinister of Justice (France)The Ministry of Justice is controlled by the French Minister of Justice , a top-level cabinet position in the French government. The current Minister of Justice is Michel Mercier... - René HabyRené HabyRené Haby was a French politician. He had been a prisoner of war during World War II....
– Minister of EducationMinister of National Education (France)The Ministry of National Education, Youth, and Sport , or simply "Minister of National Education," as the title has changed no small number of times in the course of the Fifth Republic) is the French government cabinet member charged with running France's public educational system and with the... - Christian Bonnet – Minister of Agriculture
- Jean-Pierre FourcadeJean-Pierre FourcadeJean-Pierre Fourcade is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Hauts-de-Seine department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party. He is former minister for Economics and Finance , and equipment .-References:*...
– Minister of Equipment - Robert BoulinRobert BoulinRobert Boulin was a French politician who served as Minister of Labour in the French Cabinet and was at the centre of a major real-estate scandal that ended only with his death in mysterious circumstances...
– Minister of Relations with Parliament - Simone VeilSimone VeilSimone Veil, DBE is a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France....
– Minister of Health - Robert Galley – Minister of Cooperation
- Pierre Brousse – Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry
- André RossiAndre RossiAndre Rossi was a French politician born on 16 May 1921 in Menton , and died on 22 August 1994 in Paris.*Mayor of Château-Thierry of 1971 to 1989*Deputy of the Aisne from 1958 to 1981, and 1986 to 1994...
– Minister of External Commerce - Vincent Ansquer – Minister of Quality of Life
- Jean LecanuetJean LecanuetJean Adrien François Lecanuet was a French centrist politician. He was born to a family of modest means, and gravitated towards literature during his studies. He received his diploma at the age of 22, becoming the youngest agrégé in France...
– Minister of Planning
Barre's Second Government, 30 March 1977 – 5 April 1978
- Raymond Barre – Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance
- Louis de GuiringaudLouis de GuiringaudLouis de Guiringaud was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Raymond Barre between 1976 and 1978...
– Minister of Foreign Affairs - Yvon Bourges – Minister of Defense
- Christian Bonnet – Minister of the Interior
- René MonoryRené MonoryRené Monory was a French centre-right politician.-Biography:René Monory was born in Loudun and began his career as the owner of a garage. He was the founder of the Poitiers Futuroscope.Monory first became a Senator in 1968...
– Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Craft Industry - Christian BeullacChristian BeullacChristian Beullac, French politician, born 29 November 1923 in Marseillan, , died 16 June 1986.- Biography :After secondary education in Nice and at the Champollion lycée in Grenoble, he went to the École Polytechnique in 1943 and entered the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées...
– Minister of Labour - Alain PeyrefitteAlain PeyrefitteAlain Peyrefitte was a French scholar and politician.He was a confidant of Charles De Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland....
– Minister of Justice - René HabyRené HabyRené Haby was a French politician. He had been a prisoner of war during World War II....
– Minister of Education - Michel d'OrnanoMichel d'OrnanoMichel d'Ornano was a French politician. A descendant of both Marie Walewska and Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, he began his political career as mayor of Deauville in 1962...
– Minister of Culture and EnvironmentMinister of Culture (France)The Minister of Culture is, in the Government of France, the cabinet member in charge of national museums and monuments; promoting and protecting the arts in France and abroad; and managing the national archives and regional "maisons de culture"... - Pierre MéhaigneriePierre MéhaigneriePierre Méhaignerie is a French politician. He is presently deputy of the Ille-et-Vilaine's 5th constituency and mayor of Vitré...
– Minister of Agriculture - Jean-Pierre FourcadeJean-Pierre FourcadeJean-Pierre Fourcade is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Hauts-de-Seine department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party. He is former minister for Economics and Finance , and equipment .-References:*...
– Minister of Equipment and Regional Planning - Simone VeilSimone VeilSimone Veil, DBE is a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France....
– Minister of Health and Social Security - Robert Galley – Minister of Cooperation
- André RossiAndre RossiAndre Rossi was a French politician born on 16 May 1921 in Menton , and died on 22 August 1994 in Paris.*Mayor of Château-Thierry of 1971 to 1989*Deputy of the Aisne from 1958 to 1981, and 1986 to 1994...
– Minister of External Commerce
Changes
- 26 September 1977 – Fernand Icart succeeds Fourcade as Minister of Equipment and Regional Planning.
Barre's Third Government, 5 April 1978 – 22 May 1981
- Raymond Barre – Prime Minister
- Louis de GuiringaudLouis de GuiringaudLouis de Guiringaud was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Raymond Barre between 1976 and 1978...
– Minister of Foreign Affairs - Yvon Bourges – Minister of Defense
- Christian Bonnet – Minister of the Interior
- René MonoryRené MonoryRené Monory was a French centre-right politician.-Biography:René Monory was born in Loudun and began his career as the owner of a garage. He was the founder of the Poitiers Futuroscope.Monory first became a Senator in 1968...
– Minister of Economy - Maurice PaponMaurice PaponMaurice Papon was a French civil servant, industrial leader and Gaullist politician, who was convicted for crimes against humanity for his participation in the deportation of over 1600 Jews during World War II when he was secretary general for police of the Prefecture of Bordeaux.Papon also...
– Minister of Budget - André Giraud – Minister of Industry
- Robert BoulinRobert BoulinRobert Boulin was a French politician who served as Minister of Labour in the French Cabinet and was at the centre of a major real-estate scandal that ended only with his death in mysterious circumstances...
– Minister of Labour and Participation - Alain PeyrefitteAlain PeyrefitteAlain Peyrefitte was a French scholar and politician.He was a confidant of Charles De Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland....
– Minister of Justice - Christian BeullacChristian BeullacChristian Beullac, French politician, born 29 November 1923 in Marseillan, , died 16 June 1986.- Biography :After secondary education in Nice and at the Champollion lycée in Grenoble, he went to the École Polytechnique in 1943 and entered the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées...
– Minister of Education - Alice Saunier-Seïté – Minister of Universities
- Jean-Philippe LecatJean-Philippe LecatJean-Philippe Lecat was a French politician. He graduated from the École nationale d'administration in 1963....
– Minister of Culture and Communication - Pierre MéhaigneriePierre MéhaigneriePierre Méhaignerie is a French politician. He is presently deputy of the Ille-et-Vilaine's 5th constituency and mayor of Vitré...
– Minister of Agriculture - Michel d'OrnanoMichel d'OrnanoMichel d'Ornano was a French politician. A descendant of both Marie Walewska and Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, he began his political career as mayor of Deauville in 1962...
– Minister of Environment and Quality of Life - Jean-Pierre SoissonJean-Pierre SoissonJean-Pierre Soisson is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement who is a deputy in the National Assembly of France for the first district of Yonne....
– Minister of Youth, Sports, and Leisure - Fernand Icart – Minister of Equipment and Regional Planning
- Joël Le Theule – Minister of Transport
- Simone VeilSimone VeilSimone Veil, DBE is a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France....
– Minister of Health and Family - Robert Galley – Minister of Cooperation
- Jacques BarrotJacques BarrotJacques Barrot is a French politician, who has served as European Commissioner for Justice , after four years as Commissioner for Transport and Commissioner for Regional Policy for eight months . He is also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission...
– Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry - Jean-François DeniauJean-François DeniauJean-François Deniau was a French statesman, diplomat, essayist and novelist. He was until 1998 a member of the UDF .-Minister and diplomat:...
– Minister of External Commerce
Changes
- 29 November 1978 – Jean François-PoncetJean François-PoncetJean François-Poncet is a French politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing between November 1978 and May 1981. Since 1983 he has been a member of the French Senate. He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1947, his M.A...
succeeds Guiringaud as Minister of Foreign Affairs. - 4 July 1979 – Jacques BarrotJacques BarrotJacques Barrot is a French politician, who has served as European Commissioner for Justice , after four years as Commissioner for Transport and Commissioner for Regional Policy for eight months . He is also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission...
succeeds Veil as Minister of Health and Social Security. Maurice Charretier succeeds Barrot as Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry. - 29 October 1979 – Jean MattéoliJean MattéoliJean Mattéoli was a French politician. He was the Minister of Social Affairs during the Raymond Barre administration from 1979 to 1981 and also served as president of the French Economic and Social Council from April 1987 and September 1999.-Biography:Hired in shares of the French Resistance in...
succeeds Boulin as Minister of Labour and Participation. - 2 October 1980 – Joël Le Theule succeeds Bourges as Minister of Defense. Daniel Hoeffel succeeds Le Theule as Minister of Transport. Michel Cointat succeeds Deniau as Minister of External Commerce.
- 22 December 1980 – Robert Galley succeeds Le Theule (d.14 December) as Minister of Defense.
- 4 March 1981 – Michel d'OrnanoMichel d'OrnanoMichel d'Ornano was a French politician. A descendant of both Marie Walewska and Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, he began his political career as mayor of Deauville in 1962...
succeeds Lecat as Minister of Culture. No one succeeds Lecat as Minister of Communication.