Everything about Pascal Lamy totally explained
Pascal Lamy (born
8 April 1947) is the
Director-General of the
World Trade Organization, a
French political advisor, a
businessman, and a former
European Commissioner for Trade. Lamy is Honorary President of Paris-based think tank
Notre Europe. In 2008, he was awarded an honorary LL.D by the
University of Warwick in the UK for his contributions to world trade.
Early life
Born in
Levallois-Perret, a suburb of
Paris, he attended the
HEC business school, the
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), and then the
civil service college, the
ENA, graduating second in his year of those specialising in economics.
Lamy then joined the civil service, and in this role he ended up serving as an adviser to
Jacques Delors as
Economics and Finance Minister and
Pierre Mauroy as
Prime Minister.
Member of the
French socialist Party since
1969.
European Commission
When Delors became
President of the European Commission in
1984, he took Lamy with him to serve as
chef de cabinet, which he did until the end of Delors' term in
1994. During his time there, Lamy became know as the
Beast of the Berlaymont, the
Gendarme and
Exocet due to his habit of ordering
civil servants, even
Directors-General (head of departments) "precisely what to do - or else." He was seen as ruling Delor's office with a "rod of iron", with no-one able to bypass or manipulate him and those who tried being "banished to one of the less pleasant European postings".
Lamy then briefly moved into business in the form of
Crédit Lyonnais, where he reached the level of second in command, helping to restructure and
privatise the bank. In
1999 he returned to the Commission. The new European Commission President
Romano Prodi appointed him
European Commissioner for Trade, as which he served until the end of term for the Commission in
2004. During his term he's received praise for his leadership and ability to control the powerful civil servants in his department.
WTO
On
13 May 2005, Pascal 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.
Personal life
Lamy is married with three sons. His hobbies are running and cycling. While working under President Delors, he was seen jogging in Brussels despite his meagre diet. With such exercising being viewed as a form of self-abuse by other civil servants, this only added to his harsh reputation in the Commission.
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