## Servan-Schreiber, Jean-Louis (1937-2020)
**Personal life**
Born: Sun Oct 31 1937 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) at Montrouge, France
Died: Mar 7, 2020, in Paris, France at the age of 82
**Education**
- École polytechnique (X1958)
- École des mines de Paris (Ingénieur civil des mines 1960)
**Career**
- Director of the campaign of François Mitterrand for the presidential elections of 1981
- Spokesperson of the government of Pierre Mauroy (1981-1984)
- Minister for European Affairs (1984-1986)
- Minister for External Relations (1986-1988)
- President of the European Parliament (1994-1999)
- Member of the European Parliament (1979-1981, 1989-1994, 1999-2004)
- President of the Radical Party of the Left (1979-1981)
- President of the Union for French Democracy (1988-1998)
**Books**
- Le Défi américain (1967)
- La Démocratie à l'épreuve (1978)
- L'Europe, quelle Europe? (1994)
- Le Parlement européen (1999)
- La Nouvelle Europe (2004)
**Awards and honors**
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit
- Commander of the Order of Leopold
- Knight of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great
**Social media**
- Twitter: @jlservanschreiber
- Facebook: @servanschreiber
- Instagram: @servanschreiber
**Recent projects**
- President of the Fondation Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber
- President of the Association pour la promotion de l'Europe
- Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations