Jean Mattéoli

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Jean Mattéoli (born December 20, 1922 in Montchanin , Saône-et-Loire department , † January 27, 2008 in Paris ) was a French politician .

biography

After completing a law degree in Dijon , Mattéoli joined the network around the clergyman Félix Kir in the Resistance . In 1944 he was arrested and first deported to the Neuengamme concentration camp and later to that of Mauthausen . After the end of the war, he first worked in the political administration of Bourgogne and Franche-Comté . In 1946 he moved to the French zone of occupation in Germany and worked for the general manager Émile Laffon .

When Laffon became president of the large regional coal mining company Houillères du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais , he was succeeded by Jean Mattéoli. From 1948 to 1968 he was responsible for foreign relations and social affairs. At that time he developed an interest in social affairs and gained personal trust in the unions. When, in October 1968, the post of commissioner for industrial renewal in this northern French region was to be filled, this benefited him. 1973–1979 he was president of the French coal mining company Charbonnages de France .

In parallel to his industrial career, Mattéoli was involved in politics. Initially a member of the left- wing Gaullist party Front travailliste , he became a member of the Central Committee of the Gaullist UDR in 1971 and later a member of the secretariat of the bourgeois RPR . From 1983 to 1987, as Conseiller de Paris, he was the advisor for trade and industry to Mayor Jacques Chirac . From 1983 to 1986 he was Councilor of the Île-de-France Region .

On November 8, 1979, he became Minister for Labor and Participation in Raymond Barre's cabinet . As he fell ill with a heart condition a little later, he could not start work until the end of January 1980. He tried to achieve his goals as minister in a conciliatory manner and in consensus with the unions . He achieved an employment pact for youth and advocated part-time work. With his goal of expanding participation, however, he failed because of resistance from both the right and left political camps.

From 1985 to 1990 he was President-directeur général of the Alsatian wire and cable works Tréfilerie et câblerie d'Alsace . In 1987 he was elected President of the Conseil économique et social (CES), the French national council for economic and social affairs. He was re-elected three times. In the French railway strike in 1995, he was entrusted with the role of mediator. In 1999 he declined to run for a fifth term as President of the CES; he was then elected honorary president by acclamation .

Jean Mattéoli was committed to anti-Semitism throughout his life . In 1997 he headed the commission to investigate the robbery of Jewish property in France during National Socialism. Notwithstanding this, he testified in favor of the defendant at the trial of Maurice Papon in February 1988 - even though the National Association of Deportees and Internees of the Resistance, of which he was Honorary President, appeared as a civil co-plaintiff in that trial.

Awards

Jean Mattéoli was a holder of the Croix de guerre and the Médaille de la Résistance . In 1998 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor.

literature

  • Michel Noblecourt: Jean Mattéoli , Le Monde, February 4, 2008, p. 17

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Au cabinet du commissaire de la République de Bourgogne et Franche-Comté", Le Monde, February 4, 2008, p. 17
  2. ↑ “commissaire à la conversion industrial”, ibid
  3. ↑ conseiller
  4. ↑ «ministre du travel et de la participation»
  5. ↑ "D'une extrème courtoisie ... souvent à l'écoute, Jean Mattéoli soigne ses relation avec les Syndicalistes", ibid
personal data
SURNAME Mattéoli, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Montchanin, Saône-et-Loire department
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 2008
Place of death Paris