Barre, Raymond

Barre, Raymond

▪ prime minister of France
born April 12, 1924, Saint-Denis, Réunion
died Aug. 25, 2007, Paris, France
 economist and politician who served as prime minister of France (1976–81).

      Barre completed his early schooling in Réunion and then moved to Paris, where he studied law, economics, and politics at the faculty of law of the University of Paris and at the Institut d'Études Politiques (Institute for Political Studies). He later taught at both institutions and at other universities.

      In 1959 Barre became an adviser to the government of President Charles de Gaulle (Gaulle, Charles de). From 1967 to 1972 he was vice president for economic and financial affairs of the Commission of the European Communities, where he was influential in drafting proposals for economic reforms and monetary union. Barre then became a director of the Banque de France (France, Banque de). In January 1976 he was appointed minister of foreign trade in the French government. In August of that year President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (Giscard d'Estaing, Valéry) appointed Barre prime minister; he served in that position until 1981. Acting also as minister of finance and economic affairs, he instituted austerity measures to reduce government expenditures and to control inflation.

      In 1978 Barre was elected from the Rhône département as a deputy to the National Assembly. He ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of France in 1988. In 1995 he was elected mayor of Lyon, a position he held until 2001.

      Barre published a number of works on economics and politics, among them the widely used textbook Économie politique (1956; “Political Economy”), which frequently appeared in revised editions. Among his many honours was admission as a chevalier to France's Legion of Honour.

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