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Édouard Balladur
Édouard Balladur (; born 2 May 1929) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under François Mitterrand from 29 March 1993 to 10 May 1995. He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1995 French presidential election, coming in third place. At age , Balladur is currently the oldest living former French Prime Minister.
Biography.
Balladur was born in Izmir, Turkey, to an ethnic Armenian family with five children and longstanding ties to France. His family emigrated to Marseille in the mid-
et-Loire) from 1976 to March 2008.
- President of the General Council of Maine-et-Loire (1994–1995)
- Mayor of Longué-Jumelles from 1977 to March 2008.
- Minister of Economy from 1993 to 1995 under Prime Minister Édouard Balladur.
Minister of Economy.
- He was Minister of Economy from 1993 to 1995 during the government of Édouard Balladur. Some of his most notable actions as Minister are:
- Act of 19 July 1993: privatization program (Credit Local