WTO DIRECTOR-GENERAL SELECTION PROCESS 2005: CANDIDATE
Pascal Lamy
See also:
> Statement of Lamy
> DG
selection process
Other candidates:
> Carlos P閞ez del Castillo
> Jaya Krishna Cuttaree
> Luiz Felipe de Seixas Corr阛
Biography
LAMY Pascal, Lucien, Fernand
Born on 8 April 1947 in Levallois Perret
(Seine)
Son of Jacques Lamy and Denise Dujardin
Married Genevi鑦e Luchaire, Lawyer, on 2 June 1972
(Three children : Julien, David and Quentin)
EDUCATION
Lyc閑 Carnot in Paris
Graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales and
the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris (MBA)
Postgraduate diploma in advanced legal studies
University certificate in general literary studies
CAREER
|
January 1973/ |
Student at the Ecole Nationale
d'Administration (揕閛n Blum?contingent), graduated second in
his year (economics section) |
|
June 1975 |
Posted to the Inspection G閚閞ale
des Finances |
|
1979 |
Secretary General of the 揗ayoux Committee?br> |
|
1979 |
Posted to the Direction du Tr閟or |
|
1979/1981 |
Deputy Secretary General, then
Secretary General of the Interministerial Committee for the
Remodelling of Industrial Structures (CIASI) in the Treasury
Department |
|
May 1981 |
Technical Adviser, then Deputy
Director (June 1982), Office of the Ministers for Economic and
Financial Affairs (Mr Jacques Delors) |
|
April 1983/ July 1984 |
Deputy Director, Office of the Prime
Minister (Mr Pierre Mauroy) |
|
January 1985/ April 1994 |
Chef de Cabinet to the President of
the Commission of the European Communities (Mr Jacques Delors) |
|
May 1994 |
Cr閐it Lyonnais ?Member of the
Executive Committee |
|
1999 |
Director General ?Cr閐it Lyonnais |
|
September 1999-2004 |
Commissioner for Trade at the
European Commission ?Brussels |
|
Since Dec 2004 |
President of the Association 揘otre
Europe?br>
Associate Professor at Institut d扙tudes Politiques in Paris |
MILITARY SERVICE
Lieutenant Commander (Navy)
DECORATIONS
|
1999 |
L間ion d'Honneur |
|
1991 |
Knight Commander's cross (Badge and
Star) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
|
1995 |
Commandor of the Order of Merit of
Luxemburg |
|
2000 |
Officer of the Order of Merit of
Gabon |
|
2002 |
Doctor Honoris Causa of the
University of Louvain (Belgium) |
|
2003 |
Decorated in the Order of the Aztek
Eagle (Mexico) |
|
2004 |
Decorated in the Order of Merit of
Chili |
PUBLICATIONS
|
1979 |
Author with J.L. Bianco, of the report
on Welfare |
|
1993 |
Report on 揗onde-Europe? group
presided |
|
2002 |
揟he Europe we want?(Plon) with Jean
Pisani Ferry |
|
2002 |
揕扙urope en premi鑢e ligne?(Seuil) |
|
2004 |
揕a d閙ocratie monde?(Seuil RDI) |
SPORTS
Tennis, jogging and marathon