François-Xavier Ortoli (; 16 February 1925 – 30 November 2007) was a French politician who served as the fifth

president of the European Commission The president of the European Commission, also known as president of the College of Commissioners is the Head of government, head of the European Commission, the Executive (government), executive branch of the European Union (EU). The president ...

from 1973 to 1977. He served as Minister of the Economy of France from 1968 to 1969. Ortoli served with the

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during World War II and was decorated with the

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and

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. He served in various ministerial capacities in the 1968–1969 administration of

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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

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. 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

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he attended the founding meeting of the

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in Paris in 1983.

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* Th
private papers of François-Xavier Ortoli
are deposited at th
Historical Archives of the EU in Florence.

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