Raymond Barre

Raymond Barre
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 (1924-04-12)12 April 1924 St-Denis, France
Died	25 August 2007(2007-08-25) (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 right-wing 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).