ECONOMIST

Raymond Barre

1924 - 2007

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Raymond Octave Joseph Barre (French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ baʁ]; 12 April 1924 – 25 August 2007) was a French politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three presidents (Rey, Malfatti and Mansholt). He later served as Prime Minister under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1976 until 1981. As a candidate for the presidency in 1988, he came in third and was eliminated in the first round. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Barre is the 169th most popular economist (down from 165th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Réunion (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Raymond Barre ranks 169 out of 414. Before him are Robert C. Merton, Gustav von Schmoller, Ernest Mandel, William Beveridge, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and Ernst Engel. After him are Oskar R. Lange, Robert B. Wilson, Michał Kalecki, Harriet Martineau, Henry Sidgwick, and Henry George.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Raymond Barre ranks 120. Before him are Jean Girault, Jozef Tomko, Shirley Chisholm, Marina Berti, Neville Marriner, and Paul Desmond. After him are Rik Van Steenbergen, Hidemaro Watanabe, Priscilla Pointer, Motoo Kimura, Machiko Kyō, and Luigi Musso. Among people deceased in 2007, Raymond Barre ranks 105. Before him are Floyd Westerman, Gianfranco Ferré, Julien Gracq, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Edward Yang, and Emiliano Mercado del Toro. After him are Kisho Kurokawa, Ian Stevenson, François-Xavier Ortoli, Teddy Kollek, Michel Lotito, and Wally Schirra.

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In Réunion

Among people born in Réunion, Raymond Barre ranks 6 out of 16. Before him are Roland Garros (1888), Michel Houellebecq (1956), Leconte de Lisle (1818), Ambroise Vollard (1866), and Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1796). After him are Edmond Albius (1829), Évariste de Parny (1753), Dimitri Payet (1987), Jackson Richardson (1969), Daniel Narcisse (1979), and Florent Sinama Pongolle (1984).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Réunion

Among economists born in Réunion, Raymond Barre ranks 1. 

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