Edgard Pisani
Edgard Pisani (born October 9, 1918 in Tunis ; † June 20, 2016 ) was a French politician of the Parti Socialiste and EC commissioner from 1981 to 1984.
life and work
Pisani, whose family was of Maltese origin, came to Paris in 1936, where he graduated from the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and pursued a career in higher administrative service. Pisani was active in the Resistance during World War II and in 1944 took over a post as prefect of the police in liberated France. He then worked in the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defense.
From 1947 he was administrative director of the Haute-Marne department , from 1954 to 1961 senator and then until 1966 Minister of Agriculture.
From 1967 he sat in the French National Assembly and from 1974 to 1981 he was Senator for Haute-Marne. He then moved to the Thorn Commission as Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid . From 1985 to 1988 he was then High Commissioner for New Caledonia .
From 1988 to 1995 Pisani headed the Institut du monde arabe .
Web links
- Literature by and about Edgard Pisani in the catalog of the German National Library
- Edgard Pisani on the side of the French Senate
- Edgard Pisani , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 50/1985 of December 2, 1985, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Biography at the Center for Global Negotiation (in English)
Individual evidence
Frans Andriessen | Richard Burke | Claude Cheysson , from May 1981 Edgard Pisani | Giorgos Account Georgian | Poul Dalsager | Étienne Davignon | Antonio Giolitti | Finn Olav Gundelach | Wilhelm Haferkamp | Karl-Heinz Narjes | Lorenzo Natali | Michael O'Kennedy | Ivor Richard | Gaston Thorn | Christopher Tugendhat
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pisani, Edgard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician, member of the National Assembly, EC commissioner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tunis |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th June 2016 |