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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