Raymond Octave Joseph Barre (French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ baʁ]; 12 April 1924 – 25 August 2007) was a French centre-right 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) and 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.
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active years end date
1973-01-05, 1981-05-22
active years start date
1967-02-07, 1976-08-26
birth date
1924-04-12
birth place
Saint-Denis Réunion
death date
2007-08-25
death place
Paris, France
individualised GND number
118652656
order in office
Prime Minister of France, Mayor of Lyon, 2nd European Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs
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