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François-Xavier Ortoli
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Key facts
- Vice president
- Patrick Hillery
- Preceded by
- Sicco Mansholt
- Succeeded by
- Roy Jenkins
- Prime minister
- Maurice Couve de Murville
- Born
- François-Xavier Ortoli , ( 1925-02-16 ) 16 February 1925, Ajaccio , Corsica , France
- Died
- 30 November 2007 (2007-11-30) (aged 82), Paris , France
- Resting place
- Père Lachaise Cemetery , Paris , France
- Party
- European People's Party
- Other political affiliations
- Union of Democrats for the Republic (1968–1976) , Rally for the Republic (1976–2002) , Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2007)
- Alma mater
- École nationale d'administration
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Ajaccio
- Place of death
- 15th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Educated at
- École nationale d'administration
- Political party
- Rally for the Republic
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Image
- FGO Portrait 1973.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- date of death
- 2007-11-29
- date of birth
- 1925-02-16
- name in native language
- François-Xavier Ortoli
- Commons category
- François-Xavier Ortoli
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
François-Xavier Ortoli ( French: [fʁɑ̃swa ɡzavje ɔʁtɔli]; 16 February 1925 – 30 November 2007) was a French politician who served as the fifth president of the European Commission from 1973 to 1977. He served as Minister of the Economy of France from 1968 to 1969.
Ortoli served with the Free French Forces during World War II and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre, Médaille militaire and Médaille de la Résistance. He served in various ministerial capacities in the 1968–1969 administration of Prime Minister of France Maurice Couve de Murville including Finance Minister. Ortoli was one of the two French European Commissioners from 1973 to 1985 holding various portfolios, serving as the fifth President of the European Commission between 1973 and 1977 leading the Ortoli Commission. He was later director of Marceau Investissements and President of Total. Ortoli was also the grandfather of Antoine-Xavier Troesch, a formerly eminent investment banker. Together with Étienne Davignon he attended the founding meeting of the European Round Table of Industrialists in Paris in 1983.
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