François-Xavier Ortoli

5th President of the European Commission
François-Xavier Ortoli
Ortolli (left) with Wilhelm Haferkamp (right)
In office 1972 – 1977
Preceded by	Sicco Mansholt
Succeeded by	Roy Jenkins

Born	16 February 1925 Ajaccio, Corsica
Died	November 30, 2007 (aged 82)
Nationality	French
Political party	Gaullist Party

François-Xavier Ortoli (February 16, 1925 – November 30, 2007) was a French Gaullist politician and businessman. He served in various ministerial capacities in the 1968-1969 administration of Prime Minister of France Maurice Couve de Murville including Finance Minister. He was French European Commissioner from 1973 to 1985 holding various portfolios, serving as President of the European Commission between 1973 and 1977 leading the Ortoli Commission. He was later director of Marceau Investissements and President of Total. He was also the grandfather of Antoine-Xavier Troesch, a formerly eminent investment banker.

Preceded by Sicco Mansholt	President of the European Commission 1973–1977	Succeeded by Roy Jenkins

v • d • e European Commission Presidents and their Commissions

ECSC: Jean Monnet (1952) • René Mayer (1955) • Paul Finet (1958) • Piero Malvestiti (1959) • Rinaldo Del Bo (1963) • Albert Coppé (1963) EAEC: Louis Armand (1958) • Étienne Hirsch (1959) • Pierre Chatenet (1962) EEC: Walter Hallstein (1958)² EC: Jean Rey (1967) • Franco Maria Malfatti (1970) • Sicco Mansholt (1972) • François-Xavier Ortoli (1973) • Roy Jenkins (1977) • Gaston Thorn (1981) • Jacques Delors (1985)² EU: Jacques Delors (1993) • Jacques Santer (1995) • Manuel Marín (1999) • Romano Prodi (1999) • José Manuel Barroso (2004)

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