Raymond Barre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Raymond Barre

French politician

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1924

Place of Birth: Saint-Denis, Réunion, France

Date of Death: 25-Aug-2007

Profession: politician, economist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Raymond Barre

  • Raymond Octave Joseph Barre (French: [??m?~ ba?]; 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.
  • He was born in Saint-Denis, in the French island of Réunion, then still a colony (it became an overseas department in 1946).

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