Edmond Alphandéry

Edmond Alphandéry (born 2 September 1943) is a French politician.

Edmond Alphandéry
Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry
In office
1993–1995
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterÉdouard Balladur
Preceded byMichel Sapin
Succeeded byAlain Madelin
Member of the National Assembly
for Maine-et-Loire's 3rd constituency
In office
1978–1993
Preceded byPaul Boudon
Succeeded byChristian Martin
Personal details
Born (1943-09-02) 2 September 1943
Avignon, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyUDF
Alma materSciences Po

Education and early employment

Training, employment and political career

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 de France, Rhone-Poulenc, Banque Nationale de Paris, Elf-Aquitaine, Union des Assurances de Paris, Seita)
  • Increased state participation in the capital of Renault
  • Restructuring of public enterprises in financial review (Air France, Credit Lyonnais). He said that the mounting rescue Credit Lyonnais would be "painless for the taxpayers," while according to an estimate of the Court of Auditors in 1999, the loss would be 14.8 billion euros[2]
  • Change in the status of the Banque de France (Act of 4 August 1993)
  • Stimulating household consumption (premium States for the purchase of new motor vehicles)
  • Entering into final negotiations of the Uruguay Round
  • Convincing member states of the franc zone to accept a substantial devaluation of the CFA franc
  • Publication of the Consumer Code.

Later positions

References
  1. "Panthéon-Assas University (French)". Archived from the original on 30 November 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  2. l'Express (French) 25 September 2008
  3. Friends of Europe Archived 20 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Trilateral Commission
Political offices
Preceded by
Michel Sapin		 Minister of the Economy
1993–1995		 Succeeded by
Alain Madelin
Business positions
Preceded by
Gilles Ménage		 CEO of Électricité de France
1995–1998		 Succeeded by
François Roussely
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