Raymond Barre | |
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.jpg) Barre in 1980 | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 25 August 1976 – 21 May 1981 | |
| President | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
| Preceded by | Jacques Chirac |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Mauroy |
| Mayor of Lyon | |
| In office 25 June 1995 – 25 March 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Michel Noir |
| Succeeded by | Gérard Collomb |
| Minister of the Economy and Finance | |
| In office 27 August 1976 – 5 April 1978 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Fourcade |
| Succeeded by | René Monory |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | |
| In office 12 January 1976 – 25 August 1976 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Norbert Ségard |
| Succeeded by | André Rossi |
| European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs | |
| In office 7 February 1967 – 5 January 1973 | |
| President | Jean Rey Franco Maria Malfatti Sicco Mansholt |
| Preceded by | Robert Marjolin |
| Succeeded by | Wilhelm Haferkamp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Raymond Octave Joseph Barre 12 April 1924 St-Denis, France |
| Died | 25 August 2007 (aged 83) Paris, France |
| Political party | Independent, affiliated with UDF |
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).