Edmond Alphandéry
Edmond Alphandéry is a French politician, born 2 September 1943 in Avignon, Vaucluse.
Education and early employment
- Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris – Fulbright Fellowship (1967–1968)
- University of Chicago – Associate of Political Economy/Doctorate in Economics
- Professor of Economics at the University of Paris-II [1]
Training, employment and political career
Minister of Economy
- He was Minister of Economy from 1993 to 1995 during the government of Édouard Balladur. 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[2]
- 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
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Preceded by
Gilles Ménage |
CEO of Electricité de France
1995–1998 |
Succeeded by
François Roussely |
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