- François-Xavier Ortoli
Infobox_President | name =François-Xavier Ortoli
nationality =French
caption =Ortolli (left) withWilhelm Haferkamp (right)
order =5thPresident of the European Commission
term_start =1972
term_end =1977
vicepresident =
predecessor =Sicco Mansholt
successor =Roy Jenkins
birth_date =16 February 1925
birth_place =Ajaccio ,Corsica
death_date =death date and age|2007|11|30|1925|02|16
death_place =
party =Gaullist Party
spouse =
religion =
order2 =
term_start2 =
term_end2 =
president =
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successor2 =|François-Xavier Ortoli (
February 16 ,1925 –November 30 ,2007 ) was a French Gaullist politician and businessman. He served in various ministerial capacities in the 1968-1969 administration ofPrime Minister of France Maurice Couve de Murville including Finance Minister. He wasFrench European Commissioner from 1973 to 1985 holding various portfolios, serving asPresident of the European Commission between 1973 and 1977 leading theOrtoli 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 withEtienne Davignon he attended the founding meeting of theEuropean Round Table of Industrialists inParis in 1983.External links
* [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/01/content_7177955.htm Xnhuanet - News of death]
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