François-Xavier Ortoli

François-Xavier Ortoli
File:François-Xavier Ortoli and Wilhelm Haferkamp.jpg Ortoli (left) with Wilhelm Haferkamp (right)
5th President of the European Commission
In office 1973–1977
Preceded by	Sicco Mansholt
Succeeded by	Roy Jenkins
French Minister of the Economy
In office 1968–1969
President	Charles de Gaulle
Prime Minister	Maurice Couve de Murville
Preceded by	Maurice Couve de Murville
Succeeded by	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Personal details
Born	(1925-02-16)16 February 1925 Ajaccio, Corsica
Died	Paris, France
Nationality	French
Political party	Union of Democrats for the Republic (1968–1976) Rally for the Republic (1976–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2007)
Alma mater	ÉNA

François-Xavier Ortoli (16 February 1925 – 30 November 2007) was a French Gaullist politician and businessman. 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

External links

• Xnhuanet – News of death