Raymond Barre facts for kids

Raymond Barre
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 ; 12 April 1924; St-Denis, France
Died	25 August 2007 (aged 83); Paris, France
Political party	Independent

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. He was Prime Minister under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1976 until 1981.

Images for kids

The house where Raymond Barre was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion
Raymond Barre standing next to Mother Tessa Bielecki and Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits during the 1989 World Economic Forum