Background
BALLADUR, Edouard was born on May 2, 1929 in Smyrna, Turkey. Parents: Pierre Balladur and Emilie Balladur (née Latour).
BALLADUR, Edouard was born on May 2, 1929 in Smyrna, Turkey. Parents: Pierre Balladur and Emilie Balladur (née Latour).
Thiers High School. Marseilles, Faculty of Law, Aix-en-Provence, first degree. Institute of Political Studies, Paris, diploma. National School of Administration, 1952-1957.
Commissioner of Audit, Council of State, 1957, assigned to 1st litigation sub-section and to public works section. Master of Appeals, 1963. Advisor to Managing Director of National Broadcasting Corporation (ORTF), 1962-1963.
Member of administrative board of ORTF, 1967-1968. Representative, 1964, then technical adviser, 1966-1968, to Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister. Chairman of French Mont Blanc Tunnel Construction Company, 1968- SI.
Member of administrative board of National Forestry Office, 1968-1973. Deputy Secretary-General, 1969, then Secretary-General, 1974, of Office of President of the Republic. Chairman and Managing Director of Générale de service informatique, (computer company), 1977-1986.
Chairman of European Battery Company, 1980-1986. Councillor of State, 1984-1988. Deputy for Paris, 1986, gave up seat to Jacques Féron.
Minister of State for the Economy, Finance and Privatisation, 1986-1988. Deputy for Paris, 12th constituency, since 1988. Retired from Council of State, 1988.
Administration Council of ORTF 1967-1968. Administration Council, National Forestry Office 1968-1973. Conseil d’Etat 1984-1988, since 1988.
Spouse Marie-Josèphe Delacour, 1957. Children: Pierre, Jérôme, Henri, Romain.