Pascal Lamy

Pascal Lamy
Lamy in 2006
5th Director-General of the World Trade Organization
In office 1 September 2005 – 1 September 2013
Preceded by	Supachai Panitchpakdi
Succeeded by	Roberto Azevêdo
European Commissioner for Trade
In office 13 September 1999 – 22 November 2004
President	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Leon Brittan
Succeeded by	Peter Mandelson
Personal details
Born	(1947-04-08) 8 April 1947 (age 77) Institute of Political Studies, Paris HEC Paris National School of Administration, Strasbourg

Pascal Lamy (born 8 April 1947) is a French

Early life

Born in

Lamy has been a member of the French Socialist Party since 1969.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Member of the European Commission

In 1979 Pascal Lamy was appointed to the post of Secretary General of the "Mayoux Committee". During 1979-1981 he worked as Deputy Secretary General, then Secretary General of the Interministerial Committee for the Remodelling of Industrial Structures (CIASI) in the Treasury Department. In 1981 Pascal Lamy was technical Adviser, then deputy director (June 1982), Office of the Ministers for Economic and Financial Affairs (Mr Jacques Delors).^[2]

Lamy became Deputy Secretary General, then Secretary General of the Interministerial Committee for the Remodelling of Industrial Structures (CIASI) in the Treasury Department. When Delors became

Returning to the European Commission in 1999, Lamy was appointed European Commissioner for Trade by Commission President Romano Prodi. Lamy served to the expiry of the commission's term in 2004. His ability to manage the powerful civil servants in his department was noted.^[4] During his time in office, he pushed for a new Doha round of world trade talks and advocated reform within the WTO.^[5]

Director-General of the WTO, 2005–2013

On 13 May 2005, Lamy was chosen as the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, and took office on 1 September 2005 for a four-year term. He had been nominated by the European Union and won over candidates including Carlos Pérez del Castillo of Uruguay and Jaya Krishna Cuttaree of Mauritius.

On 30 April 2009, Lamy was re-elected unanimously by the WTO General Council for a second term of four years, beginning 1 September 2009.^[6] He also served as the chairman of the organization's Trade Negotiations Committee. He was the WTO's fifth director-general.

Also in 2009, Lamy served on the High Level Commission on the Modernization of World Bank Group Governance, which – under the leadership of Ernesto Zedillo – conducted an external review of the World Bank Group's governance.^[7]

Later career

Since 2019, Lamy has been serving as President of the Paris Peace Forum. Pascal Lamy is a member of the advisory board of the Prague European Summit.^[8]

Other activities

Corporate boards

• Danone, Member of the Mission Committee (since 2020)^[9][10]
• Bosch, Member of the International Advisory Committee (since 2015)^[11]

• Africa Europe Foundation (AEF), Member of the High-Level Group of Personalities on Africa-Europe Relations (since 2020)[12]
• Berggruen Institute, Member of the Council for the Future of Europe^[13]
• Broader European Leadership Agenda (BELA), Member of the Advisory Board^[14]
• Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), Distinguished Fellow (since 2019)^[15]
• Centre for European Reform (CER), Member of the Advisory Board
• European Climate Foundation, Member of the Supervisory Board^[16]
• Europaeum, Member of the Board of Trustees^[17]
• European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member^[18]
• European Horizons, Advisor
• Fondation européenne d'études progressistes (FEPS), vice-president of the Bureau
• French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS]), Honorary President of the Board of Directors^[19]
• Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva, distinguished senior fellow.^[20]
• Jacques Delors Centre at Hertie School, Member of the Advisory Board^[21]
• Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Member of the Board^[22]
• Les Musiciens du Louvre, President of the Board of Directors
• Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL), Member of the Global Advisory Board^[23]
• Transparency International, Member of the Advisory Council^[24]
• UNAIDS–Lancet Commission on Defeating AIDS, Member (2013-2015)^[25]

Lamy is married and has three sons. His hobbies include running and cycling.[26]

Select publications

• Lamy, Pascal. The Geneva Consensus: Making Trade Work for All. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
• Lamy, Pascal. The Economic Summit and the European Community. Bissell Paper No. 5. Toronto: University of Toronto, Centre for International Studies, 1988

Lectures

The Relationship between WTO Law and General International Law in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pascal Lamy.

• The private papers of Pascal Lamy are deposited at the Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence
• About Pascal Lamy
• Pascal Lamy's Commissioner's profile
• Notre Europe
• "Pascal Lamy – Managing Global Expectations", The Globalist, 23 February 2006
• Pascal Lamy: Free Trade and Interdependence Help Promote Freedom – video report by Democracy Now!

Political offices
Preceded by Édith Cresson Yves-Thibault de Silguy	French European Commissioner 1999–2004 Served alongside: Michel Barnier	Succeeded by Jacques Barrot
Preceded by Leon Brittan	European Commissioner for Trade 1999–2004 Served alongside: Danuta Hübner	Succeeded by Peter Mandelson
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Supachai Panitchpakdi	Director-General of the World Trade Organization 2005–2013	Succeeded by Roberto Azevêdo