Ex officio Member in his capacity of Former President of the Republic
Born February 2nd 1926 in Coblence (Germany)
Education
- Secondary schooling at Blaise-Pascal High School in Clermont-Ferrand, Gerson School, Janson-de-Sailly and Louis-le-Grand High Schools in Paris
- Former student of the École polytechnique
- Student at the Ecole nationale d'administration (1949-51)
Career
- 1952 : Junior official at the Finance Inspectorate, Ministry of Finance
- 1954 : Inspector of Finance
- 1954, June-December 1954 : Deputy Director of the Cabinet of Edgar Faure, President of the Council (Prime Minister)
- 1956 / 1959 : Member of the National Assembly for the Puy-de-Dôme
- 1956 / 1957 : Member of the French delegation to the 11th session of the United Nations General Assembly. General Councillor of the Canton of Rochefort-Montagne
- 1959, January Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance
- 1962, January-April : Minister of Finance
- 1962, April-November: Minister of Finance and the Economy
- 1962 November-December : Member of the National Assembly for the Puy-de-Dôme
- 1962 / 1966 : Minister of Finance and the Economy
- 1966 / 1967 : Rejoins the Finance Inspectorate at the Ministry of Finance
- 1966 : President of the National Federation of Républicains Indépendents
- 1967 / 1969 : Member of the National Assembly for the Puy-de-Dôme
- 1967 / 1968 : Chairman of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly
- 1970 : President of the Board of the OCDE
- 1969 / 1974 : Minister of Finance and the Economy
- 1974, 19 May / 1981, 19 May : President of the Republic
- Since 1981 in the absence of incompatibilities : Ex officio member of the Constitutional Council
- 1974 / 1977 : Municipal Councillor of Chamalières. General Councillor of the Puy-de-Dôme (canton of Chamalières)
- 1984 / 1989 : Member of the National Assembly for the Puy-de-Dôme
- 1986 / 2004 : President of the Regional Council of Auvergne
- 1989 / 1993 : Member of the European Parliament
- 1987 / 1989 : Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly
- 1988 /1995 : President-Founder of the Clubs" Perspectives et Réalités"
- 1988 / 1996 : President of the UDF
- 1992 / 1998 : President of the Association of Presidents of Regional Councils
- 1993 / 2002 : Member of the National Assembly for the Puy-de-Dôme
- 1993 / 1997 : Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly
- 1995 : Member of the Royal Academy of Financial and Economic Sciences (Spain)
- 1997 : President of the Council of Communes and Regions of Europe
- 2001 : President of the European Convention
- 2002 : Chairman of the International Advisory Committee of the Fitch Ratings Agency
- 2003 Member of the French Academy
- 2004, 28 March : Re-elected (2nd round) Regional Councillor (UMP) of Auvergne (section : Puy-de-Dôme)
Decorations and Honours
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
- Croix de guerre 39-45 Military Cross 39-45
- Grand Cross of the Sovereign Order of Malta
- (1978) Honorary Canon of Saint-Jean-de-Latran
- Nansen Medal
- Onassis Foundation Prize (Athens, 2000)
- Trombinoscope prize for the political personality of the year 2000
- Gold Medal of the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe awarded in Lausanne Switzerland (2001)
Publications
General works
- Economie et société humaine : rencontres internationales du Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances, 20-22 juin 1972, (coll. avec STOLERU Lionel et ARON Robert), Paris, Denoël, 1972
- Démocratie Française, Paris, Fayard, 1976
- Une Nouvelle Croissance pour la France, recueil de textes, 1977
- Pour un environnement à la française, recueil de textes et de déclarations, Paris, La Documentation française, 1977
- L'Etat de la France, Paris, Fayard, 1981
- Deux Français sur Trois, Paris, Flammarion, 1984
- Le Pouvoir et la Vie Tome I "La Rencontre", Paris, Cie 12, 1988
- Le Pouvoir et la Vie Tome II "L'Affrontement", Paris, Cie 12, 1991
- Le Passage, Paris, Robert Laffont, 1994
- Dans 5 ans l'an 2000 : les enjeux de l'élection présidentielle, Paris, Cie 12, 1995
- Les Français, Réflexions sur le destin d'un peuple, Paris, Plon, 2000
- Giscard d'Estaing - Entretien avec Agathe Fourgnaud, Paris, Flammarion
- Le Pouvoir et la Vie Tome III "Choisir", Paris, Cie 12, 2006
Publications concerning the Constitutional Council and Constitutional Law
- La Constitution pour l'Europe, Fondation Robert Schuman,-Albin Michel, 2003
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