Pierre Uri

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Pierre Uri (born November 20, 1911 in Paris , † July 21, 1992 ibid) was a French economist and economic politician.

Life

Uri studied at the École normal supérieure (Paris) from 1929 , then did his military service, spent a few years in the USA and took part in the Second World War in 1939. From 1944 he worked at the Institut des sciences économiques appliquées. From 1947 to 1952 he taught at the École nationale d'administration in Strasbourg. In 1951 Uri was involved in drafting the Paris Treaty, which established the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). In the ECSC he assumed a leading position as an economic politician. In 1957 Uri took part in the drafting of the Rome Treaties , which led to the establishment of the European Economic Community (EEC). From 1959 to 1961 Uri worked for the American investment bank Lehman Brothers as a consultant on European affairs. Since 1969 he has taught at the newly founded University of Paris-Dauphine .

Uri exposed himself politically as a member of various socialist organizations, including the French Socialist Party , and as a financial adviser to François Mitterrand .

Services

Through his participation in the drafting of the treaties that led to the establishment of the EEC in the 1950s, Uri was one of the architects of European integration.

Works

  • Une politique monétaire pour l'Amérique Latine , Paris 1965.
  • Dialogue of the Continents , Cologne / Berlin 1966.

Honors

literature

  • Nouveau dictionnaire national des contemporains , Vol. 4, Paris 1966.

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