François-Xavier Ortoli

French politician (1925–2007)

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His Excellency François-Xavier Ortoli
Ortoli in 1973

President of the European Commission
In office 5 January 1973 – 5 January 1977
Vice President	Patrick Hillery
Preceded by	Sicco Mansholt
Succeeded by	Roy Jenkins
Minister of the Economy
In office 4 April 1968 – 21 February 1969
Prime Minister	Maurice Couve de Murville
Preceded by	Maurice Couve de Murville
Succeeded by	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Personal details
Born	François-Xavier Ortoli (1925-02-16)16 February 1925 Ajaccio, Corsica, France
Died	30 November 2007(2007-11-30) (aged 82) Paris, France
Resting place	Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France
Political party	European People's Party
Other political affiliations	Union of Democrats for the Republic (1968–1976) Rally for the Republic (1976–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2007)
Alma mater	École nationale d'administration

François-Xavier Ortoli (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa ɡzavje ɔʁtɔli]; 16 February 1925 – 30 November 2007) was a French politician who served as the fifth president of the European Commission from 1973 to 1977. He served as Minister of the Economy of France from 1968 to 1969.

Ortoli 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. Ortoli 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. Ortoli 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

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v t e Presidents of the European Commission
High Authority of the Coal and Steel Community (1952–1967)	Jean Monnet (Monnet Authority, 1952–55) René Mayer (Mayer Authority, 1955–58) Paul Finet (Finet Authority, 1958–59) Piero Malvestiti (Malvestiti Authority, 1959–63) Rinaldo Del Bo (Del Bo Authority, 1963–67) Acting: Albert Coppé (Coppé Authority, 1967)
Commission of the Atomic Energy Community (1958–1967)	Louis Armand (Armand Commission, 1958–59) Étienne Hirsch (Hirsch Commission, 1959–62) Pierre Chatenet (Chatenet Commission, 1962–67)
Commission of the Economic Community (1958–1967)	Walter Hallstein (Hallstein Commission, 1958–67)
Commission of the Communities (1967–2009)	Jean Rey (Rey Commission, 1967–70) Franco Maria Malfatti (Malfatti Commission, 1970–72) Sicco Mansholt (Mansholt Commission, 1972–73) François-Xavier Ortoli (Ortoli Commission, 1973–77) Roy Jenkins (Jenkins Commission, 1977–81) Gaston Thorn (Thorn Commission, 1981–85) Jacques Delors (Delors Commission, 1985–95) Jacques Santer (Santer Commission, 1995–99) Acting: Manuel Marín (Santer Commission, 1999) Romano Prodi (Prodi Commission, 1999–2004) José Durão Barroso (Barroso Commission, 2004–09)
Commission (2009–present)	José Durão Barroso (Barroso Commission, 2009–14) Jean-Claude Juncker (Juncker Commission 2014–19) Ursula von der Leyen (Von der Leyen Commission, 2019–present)
Commission President President of the European Council Council Presidency President of the European Parliament

External links

The private papers of François-Xavier Ortoli are deposited at the Historical Archives of the EU in Florence.

External links

Xnhuanet – News of death

v t e European Commissioners from France
Robert Lemaignen Robert Marjolin Henri Rochereau Raymond Barre Jean-François Deniau François-Xavier Ortoli Claude Cheysson Edgard Pisani Jacques Delors Christiane Scrivener Yves-Thibault de Silguy Édith Cresson Pascal Lamy Michel Barnier Jacques Barrot Michel Barnier Pierre Moscovici Thierry Breton