Born April 25, 1949, in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts de Seine, 92)
Married, four children


  • Graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC)
  • Degree in Law
  • Graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris
  • Graduate of the Institut de Statistiques, University of Paris
  • Doctorate in Economics
  • Passed highest competitive teaching examination in Economics


  • 1980 Director of CEREPI (research team of the National Center for Scientific Research, CNRS)
  • 1981 Professor of Economics, University of Paris X
  • 1982-1984 Head of the Financing Department of the General Planning Commission
  • 1983- Member of the Socialist Party Steering Committee
  • 1984-1989 National Secretary of the Socialist Party
  • 1984-1986 Deputy Commissioner for Planning
  • 1986 Elected Socialist deputy from Haute-Savoie
  • 1988 Elected Socialist deputy from Val-d'Oise
  • 1988 President of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly
  • 1991-1992 Deputy Minister for Industry and Foreign Trade in the Office of the Minister of Economy, Finance and the Budget
  • 1992-1993 Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade
  • 1995 Elected Mayor of Sarcelles
  • 1997 Elected deputy from Val-d'Oise (Sarcelles-Garges district)
  • 4 June 1997 Appointed Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry.

    Source: Service d'Information du Gouvernement, unofficial translation

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