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Édouard Balladur
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Édouard Balladur

1929 – 2026 · aged 97

91st Prime Minister of France (1929–2026)

Born
2 May 1929 · İzmir
Died
31 Aug 2026 · 16th arrondissement of Paris
Part ofTurkey1,258 BCE – todayArmenians1817 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 112 years
  1. 2 May 1929BornBorn in İzmir
  2. 1967AwardKnight Commander of the Order of St. Sylvester
  3. 1969 – 1973RoleAssistant Secretary General of the Presidency of the French Republic
  4. 1972AwardGrand Officer, Special Class of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
  5. 1973 – 1974RoleGeneral secretary of the Presidency of the Republic
  6. 1973AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  7. 1986 – 1988RoleMinister of the Economy, Finances and Industry
  8. 1986RoleMember of the French National Assembly
  9. 1988 – 1993RoleMember of the French National Assembly
  10. 1989AwardLucien Dupont Prize
  11. 1993 – 1995RolePrime Minister of France
  12. 1993AwardFinancial Times Person of the Year
  13. 1993AwardGrand Cross of the National Order of Merit
  14. 1993AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Wissam Alaouite
  15. 1995 – 2007RoleMember of the French National Assembly
  16. 2005AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
  17. 2008AwardGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour
  18. 2010Award“Today” Prize
  19. 31 Aug 2026DiedDied in 16th arrondissement of Paris

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1929 – 2026).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Édouard Léon Raoul Balladur ([edwaʁ baladyʁ] ; 2 May 1929 – 31 August 2026) was a French politician who served as prime minister under François Mitterrand from 29 March 1993 to 17 May 1995. He had previously served as minister of finance from 1986 to 1988 during Jacques Chirac's government. He was considered to be center-right and a technocrat, and identified as a Gaullist throughout his political career.

After Chirac declined to return as prime minister, Mitterrand appointed Balladur as prime minister. His tenure as prime minister was largely defined by France's role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and in the Karachi affair. Considered to be a protégé of Chirac at first, Balladur unsuccessfully ran against him for president in the 1995 presidential election, coming in third place.

Balladur was elected to the National Assembly in 2002 before retiring from politics in 2007. During this time, he was considered to be a mentor to President Nicolas Sarkozy.

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