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Édouard Balladur
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Édouard Balladur is a French economist and politician born in İzmir in 1929. He served as Prime Minister of France and as a member of the French National Assembly. His political career included membership in the Rally for the Republic and the Union for a Popular Movement. He was a candidate in the 1995 French presidential election.
Balladur was educated at Sciences Po, Paul Cézanne University, and the École nationale d'administration. He worked for the Conseil d'État in Paris. He is an Armenian Catholic of Armenian ethnicity and speaks French. His awards include the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Today Prize, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, and the Financial Times Person of the Year. He resides in Marseille.
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Izmir, Turkey
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 17 May 1995. He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1995 French presidential election, coming in third place. Balladur was born in Izmir, Turkey, to an ethnic Armenian family with five children and longstanding ties to France. His family emigrated…
Known for
- Président : le prix à payer - Face à la rue — Self2023
- Trois mille milliards : les secrets d'un État en faillite — Édouard Balladur2023
- Balladur-Chirac, mensonges et trahisons — Self2017
- Ministre ou rien — Self2014
- L'argent, le sang et la démocratie, à propos de l'affaire Karachi — Self (archive footage)2013
- L’enfer de Matignon — Self2008
- Vivement dimanche — Self1998
- Zone interdite — Self1993
- Télématin — Self1985
- Apostrophes — Self1975
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Key facts
- President
- François Mitterrand
- Preceded by
- Pierre Bérégovoy
- Succeeded by
- Alain Juppé
- Prime minister
- Jacques Chirac
- Born
- Édouard Léon Raoul Balladur , ( 1929-05-02 ) 2 May 1929 (age 97) , İzmir , Turkey
- Party
- LR (2015–present)
- Other political affiliations
- UNR (1964–1967) UDR (1967–1976) RPR (1976–2002) UMP (2002–2015)
- Spouse
- Marie-Josèphe Delacour ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; died 2025 )
- Education
- Aix-Marseille University Paris Institute of Political Studies École nationale d'administration
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Édouard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- İzmir
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Paul Cézanne University
- Employer
- Conseil d'État
- Political party
- Rally for the Republic
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Armenian Catholic Church
- Image
- Édouard Balladur - 1993 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Paris
- Residence
- Marseille
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- Commons category
- Édouard Balladur
- date of birth
- 1929-05-02
- name in native language
- Édouard Balladur
- candidacy in election
- 1995 French presidential election
- medical condition
- COVID-19
- P10632
- Édouard Balladur
- ethnic group
- Armenians
- described at URL
- wikispooks.com/wiki/%C3%89douard_Balladur
- place of burial
- Passy Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Édouard Balladur ( French: [edwaʁ baladyʁ]; born 2 May 1929) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under François Mitterrand from 29 March 1993 to 17 May 1995. He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1995 French presidential election, coming in third place.
Biography
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