Edmond Alphandéry (; born 2 September 1943) is a French politician, public-sector company executive, and public policy advocate. He was the French Minister of Economy and Finance from 1993 to 1995, executive chairman of

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from 1995 to 1998, and chairman of

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from 1998 to 2012. In 1999 he founded the Euro 50 Group, and has been its chairman since then.

Education and early employment

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– Fulbright Fellowship (1967–1968) *

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– Associate of Political Economy/Doctorate in Economics * Professor of Economics at Panthéon-Assas University

Training, employment and political career

* Deputy UDF for

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from 1978 to 1993 * General Council Member for the District of

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(

) from 1976 to March 2008. * President of the General Council of Maine-et-Loire (1994–1995) * Mayor of

from 1977 to March 2008. * Minister of Economy from 1993 to 1995 under Prime Minister

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Minister of Economy and Finance

* He was Minister of Economy from 1993 to 1995 during the government of

. 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 * 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

* President of

(EDF Energy) from 1995 to 1998 * Director of the think-tank Friends of Europe * Member of the

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* Chairman of the Board of Directors of

and CNP International. * Chairman of the Centre des Professions Financières * Director of

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, Calyon, Icade of Caixa Seguros (Brazil), CNP Capitalia Vita (Italy), the media company Parisian Posters of * GT Finance * Member of the European Advisory Board to

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* President of

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* Founding chairman of Euro 50 Group since 1998

References

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