ECONOMIST

Jacques Delors

1925 - 2023

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Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (French: [ʒak lysjɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ dəlɔʁ]; 20 July 1925 – 27 December 2023) was a French politician who served as the eighth president of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995. Delors played a key role in the creation of the single market, the euro and the modern European Union. As president of the European Commission (EC), Delors was the most visible and influential leader in European affairs. He implemented policies that closely linked the member nations together and promoted the need for unity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Delors is the 45th most popular economist (down from 24th in 2019), the 756th most popular biography from France (down from 485th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Economist.

Jacques Delors is most famous for being the president of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995. He is credited with leading the effort to create the euro, and is often called the "Father of the Euro."

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Jacques Delors ranks 45 out of 414. Before him are Michael Porter, Barack Obama Sr., Léon Walras, Wassily Leontief, Leonid Hurwicz, and John Hicks. After him are Walt Whitman Rostow, William Petty, Bertil Ohlin, Tansu Çiller, Edmund Phelps, and Ronald Coase.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Jacques Delors ranks 44. Before him are Nílton Santos, Oona O'Neill, Peter Brook, Bert Hellinger, Ernst Happel, and Rod Steiger. After him are Gabriele Amorth, Roy J. Glauber, Luciano Berio, Dick Van Dyke, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, and William F. Buckley Jr.. Among people deceased in 2023, Jacques Delors ranks 31. Before him are Paul Berg, Rosalynn Carter, Paco Rabanne, Pat Robertson, Helmut Berger, and Sixto Rodriguez. After him are The Iron Sheik, Carlos Saura, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Harry Belafonte, Raquel Welch, and Mohamed Al-Fayed.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Delors ranks 756 out of 6,770. Before him are Raoul Dufy (1877), Charles-Henri Sanson (1739), Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (1290), Thomas Bangalter (1), Arbogast (340), and Alexis Clairaut (1713). After him are Gaston Doumergue (1863), Alaric II (458), Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766), Émile Loubet (1838), Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528), and Maurice Chevalier (1888).

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Among ECONOMISTS In France

Among economists born in France, Jacques Delors ranks 8. Before him are Vilfredo Pareto (1848), François Quesnay (1694), Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727), Maurice Allais (1911), and Léon Walras (1834). After him are Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), Gérard Debreu (1921), Jean-Claude Trichet (1942), Jean Tirole (1953), and Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806).

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