Edgard Pisani
Edgard Pisani | |
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High Commissioner of New Caledonia | |
In office January 1985 – 22 May 1985 | |
Preceded by | Jacques Roynette |
Succeeded by | Fernand Wibaux |
European Commissioner for Development | |
In office 22 May 1981 – 5 January 1985 | |
President | Gaston Thorn |
Preceded by | Claude Cheysson |
Succeeded by | Lorenzo Natali |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 21 August 1961 – 8 January 1966 | |
President | Charles de Gaulle |
Preceded by | Henri Rochereau |
Succeeded by | Edgar Faure |
Personal details | |
Born | Edgard Pisani 9 October 1918 French Tunisia |
Died | 20 June 2016 | (aged 97)
Edgard Edouard Pisani (French: [pizani]; 9 October 1918 – 20 June 2016)[1] was a French statesman, philosopher, and writer.
He was a European Commissioner and Member of the European Parliament.[2]
Biography
Pisani was born in
La Sorbonne, and a Doctorate in political science.[4]
A Archives nationales of France.
Pisani also served on the Agri-Energy Roundtable (AER)'s Committee of Honor, a UN accredited non-governmental organisation chaired by US Senator Jennings Randolph (D)-WV).
He died on 20 June 2016 at the age of 97.[8]
Books
- Principes: Project de Déclaration, Librairie de Médicis, 1946.
- La Région… pour quoi faire ou le Triomphe des Jacondins, Calmann-Lévy, 1969.
- Le Général indivis, Albin Michel, 1974.
- Utopie foncière, Gallimard, 1977.
- Socialiste de raison, Flammarion, 1978.
- Défi du monde, Ramsay, 1979.
- La Main Et L'outil, Robert Laffont, 1984.
- Pour l'Afrique, Odile Jacob, 1988.
- Persiste et signe, Odile Jacob, 1992.
- "Pour une agriculture marchande et ménagère, La Tour de l'Aube", Charles Léopold Mayer, 1994.
- Entre le marché et les besoins des hommes. Agriculture et sécurité alimentaire mondiale (avec Pierre-Yves Guihéneuf), Charles Léopold Mayer, 1996.
- La Passion de L'Etat, Arléa, 1998.
- Une Certaine Idée du Monde: L'utopie comme méthode, Seuil, 2001.
- Un vieil homme et la terre, Seuil, 2004.
- Vive la révolte ! Un vieil homme et la politique, Seuil, 2006.
- Une politique mondiale pour nourrir le monde, Springer, 2007.
- Le Sens de l'État, Éditions de l'Aube, 2008.
- Mes mots: Pistes à réflexion, de l'Aube, 2013.
- Croire pour vivre: méditations politiques, Saint-Léger Éditions, 2015.
Films
- 2011 – C'est beau la politique, vous savez !, by Jean Jacques Rault
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edgard Pisani.
- ^ a b c "Edgar Pisani" (in French). Gaullisme.fr. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- ^ "Edgard Edouard Pisani". European Parliament.
- ISBN 9782738101501.
- ^ "Pisani Edgard" (in French). French Senate. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- ^ Patrick Roger (21 June 2016), "Mort d'Edgard Pisani, résistant et ancien ministre de De Gaulle et de Mitterrand", Le Monde
- ^ "Brief history of the Bruges Group" (PDF). Groupedebruges.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- ^ "Honorary Graduates 1989 to present". bath.ac.uk. University of Bath. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ PRESS RELEASE. Disappearance of Edgard Pisani: Groupe de Bruges honors its founder