Raymond Barre facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Raymond Barre
Prime Minister of France
In office 26 August 1976 – 22 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 External 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

Raymond Octave Joseph Barre ( 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. He was Prime Minister under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1976 until 1981.

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  The house where Raymond Barre was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion

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  Raymond Barre standing next to Mother Tessa Bielecki and Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits during the 1989 World Economic Forum