Raymond Barre

Raymond Barre
Barre in 1980
Prime Minister of France
In office
25 August 1976 – 21 May 1981
PresidentValéry Giscard d'Estaing
Preceded byJacques Chirac
Succeeded byPierre Mauroy
Mayor of Lyon
In office
25 June 1995 – 25 March 2001
Preceded byMichel Noir
Succeeded byGérard Collomb
Minister of the Economy and Finance
In office
27 August 1976 – 5 April 1978
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byJean-Pierre Fourcade
Succeeded byRené Monory
Minister of Foreign Trade
In office
12 January 1976 – 25 August 1976
Prime MinisterJacques Chirac
Preceded byNorbert Ségard
Succeeded byAndré Rossi
European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs
In office
7 February 1967 – 5 January 1973
PresidentJean Rey
Franco Maria Malfatti
Sicco Mansholt
Preceded byRobert Marjolin
Succeeded byWilhelm Haferkamp
Personal details
Born
Raymond Octave Joseph Barre

(1924-04-12)12 April 1924
St-Denis, France
Died25 August 2007(2007-08-25) (aged 83)
Paris, France
Political partyIndependent, affiliated with UDF
The house where Raymond Barre was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion

Raymond Octave Joseph Barre (French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ baʁ]; 12 April 1924 – 25 August 2007) was a French politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three presidents (Rey, Malfatti and Mansholt). He later served as Prime Minister under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1976 until 1981. As a candidate for the presidency in 1988, he came in third and was eliminated in the first round. He was born in Saint-Denis, on the French island of Réunion, and then still a colony (it became an overseas department in 1946).