Brice Lalonde
Personal data
born on Feb 1946, near Paris, from an American mother and a French
father. Married. 6 children.
Education
degrees in law and classical education (Sorbonne university). Fluent
in English.
Professional experience
Since 1993
environment consultant (with major companies, local authorities,
governments, developing countries).
1997
member of the senior advisory panel with GEF in Washington and the
high level advisory group on the Environment to OECD in Paris.
1993
Appointed by the French government to link trade and the environment
in the final GATT negotiations.
1992-2002
president of the environmental organization 'Ecology Generation'
1987
appointed by the French government to assess the consequences of
the Sandoz Rhine spill over.
1985-1988
director of the Paris office of the Institute for an European Environmental
Policy.
1973-1983
director of the French chapter of Friends of the Earth and administrator
of the European Environment Bureau.
1972-1984
journalist specialized in scientific matters (magazines, TV)
Office
1995-2006
mayor of a seaside resort in Brittany (Saint-Briac-sur-Mer) and
representative of the French Mayors Union in various official committees.
1998-2004
president of the Environment, Housing and Tourism commission of
the Regional Council of Brittany.
1988-1992
French minister of the Environment (under president Mitterrand).
1981
running on the Ecology ticket in the French presidential election.
Publications
4 books. Various articles and conference papers.
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