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| Pascal Lamy | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 September, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Supachai Panitchpakdi |
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| In office 13 September, 1999 – 22 November 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Leon Brittan |
| Succeeded by | Peter Mandelson |
| Born | 8 April 1947 Levallois-Perret, France |
| Nationality | French |
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.
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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.
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".Eppink, Derk-Jan; Ian Connerty (translator) (2007). Life of a European Mandarin: Inside the Commission, 1st edition (in English), Tielt, Belgium: Lannoo, p.22-3. ISBN 978-9020970227.
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 has received praise for his leadership and ability to control the powerful civil servants in his department.Former EU Mandarin Spills the Beans on Commission Intrigue Deutsche Welle
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.
Lamy is married with three sons. His hobbies are running and cycling.Commissioner Pascal Lamy, Europa (web portal) 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.
| Preceded by Supachai Panitchpakdi | Director-General of the World Trade Organization 2005– | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Sir Leon Brittan | European Commissioner for Trade 1999–2004 | Succeeded by Peter Mandelson |
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