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'Devoted servant of the nation': Former French PM Édouard Balladur dies aged 97
Former French prime minister Édouard Balladur died in Paris late Monday at the age of 97, his family said. Born in Turkey, he served as former president Francois Mitterrand's last prime minister from March 1993 to May 1995, carrying out several major privatisations of state companies, and unsuccessfully ran for the top job in 1995.
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- Why it matters
- Balladur held the highest executive office during a critical period of French economic restructuring, overseeing major state privatisations that reshaped France's economy in the early 1990s.
- Most affected
- French political history and governance — Loss of a senior figure from the Mitterrand era and 1995 presidential race.
- Likely next
- Whether tributes or assessments of his legacy appear from French political figures and institutions.