François-Xavier Ortoli

His Excellency François-Xavier Ortoli
Ortoli (left) with Wilhelm Haferkamp (right)

5th President of the European Commission
In office 5 January 1973 – 5 January 1977
Vice President	Patrick Hillery
Preceded by	Sicco Mansholt
Succeeded by	Roy Jenkins
Minister of the Economy
In office 4 April 1968 – 21 February 1969
Prime Minister	Maurice Couve de Murville
Preceded by	Maurice Couve de Murville
Succeeded by	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Personal details
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
Political 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)
Spouse(s)	Adélaïde Allard
Children	3
Alma mater	École nationale d'administration

François-Xavier Ortoli (16 February 1925 – 30 November 2007) was a French politician who served as the 5th President of the European Commission from 1973 to 1977. He served as Minister of the Economy from 1968 to 1969.

He 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. He 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. He 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.

Political offices
Preceded by Alain Peyrefitte	Minister of National Education of France 1968	Succeeded by Edgar Faure
Preceded by Sicco Mansholt	President of the European Commission 1973–1977	Succeeded by Roy Jenkins
Business positions
Preceded by René Granier de Lilliac	CEO of Total S.A. 1984–1990	Succeeded by Serge Tchuruk

References

Finance Ministers of France (list)
1561–1661	de Beaune Babou du Thiers d'Annebault Guillart d'Avançon de Lorraine de Cossé-Brissac and d'Ongnyes de Birague de Bellièvre d'O de Béthune Jeannin de Schomberg de La Vieuville de Champigny and de Marillac de Ruzé de Bullion and Bouthillier Bouthillier de Bailleul and de Mesmes d'Emery de La Porte d'Emery and de Mesmes de Longueil de La Vieuville Servien and Fouquet Fouquet
1661–1791	Colbert Le Pelletier Phélypeaux Chamillart Desmarets de Noailles de Caumont de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson Law des Forts de La Houssaye Dodun des Forts Orry d'Arnouville de Séchelles de Moras de Boullonges de Silhouette Bertin de Laverdy d'Invault Terray Turgot de Clugny des Réaux Necker de Fleury d'Ormesson de Calonne de Fourqueux de Brienne Necker de Breteuil Necker Lambert de Lessart
1791–1799	de Lessart Tarbé Clavière Duranthon de Beaulieu Delaville-Leroulx Clavière Destournelles Faipoult Ramel-Nogaret Lindet
1799–1902	Gaudin Dominique Gaudin Dominique Corvetto Roy Dominique Roy de Villèle Roy de Crouzol de Montbel Dominique Laffitte Dominique Humann Passy Humann d'Argout Duchâtel Lacave-Laplagne Gautier Passy de la Lozère Humann Lacave-Laplagne Dumon Goudchaux Garnier-Pagès Duclerc Goudchaux Trouvé-Chauvel Passy Fould de Germiny Fould Blondel de Casabianca Fould Bineau Magne La Roquette Fould Rouher Magne Buffet Segris Magne Picard Buffet Pouyer-Quertier de Goulard Say Magne Mathieu-Bodet Say Caillaux Dutilleul Say Magnin Allain-Targé Say Tirard Clamageran Carnot Dauphin Rouvier Tirard Peytral Rouvier Tirard Peytral Burdeau Poincaré Ribot Doumer Cochery Peytral Caillaux
1902–1944	Rouvier Merlou Poincaré Caillaux Cochery Klotz Caillaux Klotz Dumont Caillaux Renoult Clémentel Noullens Ribot Thierry Klotz François-Marsal Doumer de Lasteyrie François-Marsal Clementel de Monzie Caillaux Painlevé Loucheur Doumer Péret Caillaux de Monzie Poincaré Chéron Dumont Reynaud Germain-Martin Flandin Germain-Martin Chéron Bonnet Piétri Marchandeau Germain-Martin Caillaux Régnier Auriol Bonnet Marchandeau Blum Marchandeau Reynaud Lamoureux Bouthillier Cathala
Free French (1941–1944)	Pleven Diethelm de Murville France
1944–2000	Lepercq Pleven Philip Schuman Philip Schuman Mayer Reynaud Pineau Queuille Petsche Mayer Faure Pinay Bourgès-Maunoury Faure Buron Pflimlin Lacoste Ramadier Gaillard Pflimlin Faure Pinay Baumgartner d'Estaing Debré de Murville Ortoli d'Estaing Fourcade Barre Monory Delors Bérégovoy Balladur Bérégovoy Sapin Alphandéry Madelin Arthuis Strauss-Kahn Sautter
2000–present	Fabius Mer Sarkozy Gaymard Breton Borloo Lagarde Baroin Moscovici Sapin Le Maire

Presidents of the European Commission
High Authority of the Coal and Steel Community (1952–1967)	Jean Monnet (1952–55) René Mayer (1955–58) Paul Finet (1958–59) Piero Malvestiti (1959–63) Rinaldo Del Bo (1963–67) Acting: Albert Coppé (1967)
Commission of the Atomic Energy Community (1958–1967)	Louis Armand (1958–59) Étienne Hirsch (1959–62) Pierre Chatenet (1962–67)
Commission of the Economic Community (1958–1967)	Walter Hallstein (1958–67)
Commission of the Communities (1967–2009)	Jean Rey (1967–70) Franco Maria Malfatti (1970–72) Sicco Mansholt (1972–73) François-Xavier Ortoli (1973–77) Roy Jenkins (1977–81) Gaston Thorn (1981–85) Jacques Delors (1985–95) Jacques Santer (1995–99) Acting: Manuel Marín (1999) Romano Prodi (1999–2004) José Manuel Barroso (2004–9)
Commission (2009–present)	José Manuel Barroso (2009–14) Jean-Claude Juncker (2014–present)
Commission President President of the European Council Council Presidency President of the European Parliament

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