What is Jacques Fournier?
[[File:Jacques Fournier (21e Maghreb des Livres, Paris, 7 et 8 février 2015) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Fournier in the year 2015]] '''Jacques Fournier''' (5 May 1929 – 14 August 2021) was a French [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] politician and businessman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11903285b.public|title=Fournier, Jacques (1929-....)|work=BnF Catalogue général|language=French}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=5 August 2008|title=Un homme sincère qui a bien servi la République|trans-title= |url=http://mrc53.over-blog.com/article-21755105.html|language=French|work=Le MRC 53|location= |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref> He was born in [[Épinal]], [[French Third Republic|France]]. He was the Secrétaire général du Gouvernement from 1982 until 1986. He was also president of [[Gaz de France]] from 1986 until 1988. Fournier was also president of [[SNCF]] from 1988 until 1993. Fournier died on 14 August 2021, aged 92.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=15 August 2021|title=Décès de Jacques Fournier, défenseur convaincu du service public, ancien président de la SNCF|trans-title= |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/decideurs/deces-de-jacques-fournier-defenseur-convaincu-du-service-public-ancien-president-de-la-sncf-20210815|language=French|work=Le Figaro|location= |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fournier, Jacques}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Socialist Party (France) politicians]] [[Category:French businesspeople]] [[Category:People from Épinal]] [[Category:Politicians from Grand Est]] {{bio-stub}}