Biography

Édouard Balladur was born on May 2, 1929 in Izmir, Turkey. He was a writer, known for Passé sous silence (2000), Le journal de 20 heures (1956) and Dimanche soir (1994). He was married to Marie-Josèphe Delacour. He died on August 31, 2026 in Paris, France.

Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).

French right-wing politician. Prime Minister from 1993 to 1995. Candidate for the 1995 French presidential elections.

Former French prime minister who stoutly defended his country's contentious intervention in Rwanda's genocide, and who fought into his 90s to be cleared of involvement in a long-running corruption scandal.