Édouard Balladur: The Life of a Public Servant in Pictures
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- Former French Prime Minister Édouard Balladur died in Paris at age 97.
- A 15-image retrospective traces his career through government, political campaigning and relationships with major French political figures.
- The photographs include moments with Georges Pompidou, François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy.
A 15-image retrospective follows Édouard Balladur from government offices and ministerial meetings to presidential campaigning and later public appearances.
The photographs recall his work alongside Georges Pompidou, including negotiations at the Ministry of Social Affairs during the May 1968 general strike. They also show Balladur as economy, finance and privatization minister during the 1986 cabinet discussions on a privatization bill.
Other images place him alongside successive figures in French politics, including François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, Simone Veil, Charles Pasqua, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Léotard and François Bayrou. Several photographs capture his political ties and public role during the 1990s and 2000s.
The collection ends with a 2023 appearance on the program “Club Figaro idées,” where Balladur took part in a debate on European reform. He died in Paris on Monday at the age of 97.
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