What is François-Xavier Ortoli?
{{Infobox president | honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] | name = François-Xavier Ortoli | image = François-Xavier Ortoli (1973) (cropped).jpg | order = 5th | office = President of the European Commission | vicepresident = [[Patrick Hillery]] | term_start = 5 January 1973 | term_end = 5 January 1977 | predecessor = [[Sicco Mansholt]] | successor = [[Roy Jenkins]] | office1 = [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|Minister of the Economy]] | primeminister1 = [[Maurice Couve de Murville]] | term_start1 = 4 April 1968 | term_end1 = 21 February 1969 | predecessor1 = Maurice Couve de Murville | successor1 = [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] | birth_name = François-Xavier Ortoli | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|2|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Ajaccio]], [[Corsica]], [[France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2007|11|30|1925|02|16}} | death_place = [[Paris]], France | resting_place = [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]],<br>[[Paris]], France | party = [[European People's Party]] | otherparty = [[Union of Democrats for the Republic]] <small>(1968–1976)</small><br>[[Rally for the Republic]] <small>(1976–2002)</small><br>[[Union for a Popular Movement]] <small>(2002–2007)</small> | spouse = Adélaïde Allard | children = 3 | alma_mater = [[École nationale d'administration]] | signature = }} '''François-Xavier Ortoli''' (16 February 1925 – 30 November 2007) was a French politician.<ref>[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/01/content_7177955.htm Xnhuanet – News of death]</ref> He served as the 5th [[President of the European Commission]] from 1973 to 1977. He served as [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|Minister of the Economy]] of France from 1968 to 1969. ==References== {{reflist}} {{EuCoPres}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortoli, Francois-Xavier}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2007 deaths]] [[Category:European Com