Raymond Barre - Barre's First Government, 27 August 1976 - 30 March 1977

French statesman and prime minister (1976–81), born in St-Denis, Réunion. He made his reputation as an influential neo-liberal economist at the Sorbonne and as vice-president of the European Commission (1967–72). He was minister of foreign trade under President Giscard d'Estaing, and was appointed prime minister after the resignation of Jacques Chirac. During the 1980s he built up a firm political base in the Lyon region, representing the centre–right Union for French Democracy. He contested the 1988 presidential election, but was eliminated in the first ballot. In 1995 he was elected mayor of Lyon.

Raymond Barre

Prime Minister of France
In office August 26, 1976 – May 21, 1981
Preceded by	Jacques Chirac
Succeeded by	Pierre Mauroy
Born	April 12, 1924 La Réunion
Political party	UDF

Raymond Barre was born on April 12, 1924 in Saint Denis, the capital of the French island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean.

From July 1967 to June 1970 he served as one of France's European Commissioners on the Rey Commission

Barre's First Government, 27 August 1976 - 30 March 1977

Raymond Barre - Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Louis de Guiringaud - Minister of Foreign Affairs Yvon Bourges - Minister of Defense Michel Poniatowski - Minister of the Interior Michel d'Ornano - Minister of Industry and Research Christian Beullac - Minister of Labour Olivier Guichard - Minister of Justice René Haby - Minister of Education Christian Bonnet - Minister of Agriculture Jean-Pierre Fourcade - Minister of Equipment Robert Boulin - Minister of Relations with Parliament Simone Veil - Minister of Health Robert Galley - Minister of Cooperation Pierre Brousse - Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry André Rossi - Minister of External Commerce Vincent Ansquer - Minister of Quality of Life Jean Lecanuet - Minister of Planning

Barre's Second Government, 30 March 1977 - 5 April 1978

Raymond Barre - Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Louis de Guiringaud - Minister of Foreign Affairs Yvon Bourges - Minister of Defense Christian Bonnet - Minister of the Interior René Monory - Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Craft Industry Christian Beullac - Minister of Labour Alain Peyrefitte - Minister of Justice René Haby - Minister of Education Michel d'Ornano - Minister of Culture and Environment Pierre Méhaignerie - Minister of Agriculture Jean-Pierre Fourcade - Minister of Equipment and Regional Planning Simone Veil - Minister of Health and Social Security Robert Galley - Minister of Cooperation André Rossi - Minister of External Commerce

Changes

26 September 1977 - Fernand Icart succeeds Fourcade as Minister of Equipment and Regional Planning.

Barre's Third Government, 5 April 1978 - 22 May 1981

Raymond Barre - Prime Minister Louis de Guiringaud - Minister of Foreign Affairs Yvon Bourges - Minister of Defense Christian Bonnet - Minister of the Interior René Monory - Minister of Economy Maurice Papon - Minister of Budget André Giraud - Minister of Industry Robert Boulin - Minister of Labour and Participation Alain Peyrefitte - Minister of Justice Christian Beullac - Minister of Education Alice Saunier-Seïté - Minister of Universities Jean-Philippe Lecat - Minister of Culture and Communication Pierre Méhaignerie - Minister of Agriculture Michel d'Ornano - Minister of Environment and Quality of Life Jean-Pierre Soisson - Minister of Youth, Sports, and Leisure Fernand Icart - Minister of Equipment and Regional Planning Joël Le Theule - Minister of Transport Simone Veil - Minister of Health and Family Robert Galley - Minister of Cooperation Jacques Barrot - Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry Jean-François Deniau - Minister of External Commerce

Changes

29 November 1978 - Jean François-Poncet succeeds Guiringaud as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Preceded by: —	Minister of External Commerce 1976	Succeeded by: André Rossi
Preceded by: Jacques Chirac	Prime Minister of France 1976–1981	Succeeded by: Pierre Mauroy
Preceded by: Jean-Pierre-Fourcade	Minister of the Economy and Finance 1976–1978	Succeeded by: René Monory

Prime Ministers of the French Fifth Republic
Michel Debré  • Georges Pompidou • Maurice Couve de Murville • Jacques Chaban-Delmas • Pierre Messmer • Jacques Chirac  • Raymond Barre • Pierre Mauroy  • Laurent Fabius • Jacques Chirac • Michel Rocard • Édith Cresson • Pierre Bérégovoy  • Édouard Balladur • Alain Juppé • Lionel Jospin • Jean-Pierre Raffarin • Dominique de Villepin