Bernard Stalter | |
Office: | Regional Councillor of Grand Est for Bas-Rhin |
Term Start: | 1 January 2016 |
Term End: | 13 April 2020 |
Office2: | Member of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council |
Term Start2: | 2015 |
Term End2: | 2018 |
Birth Date: | 12 March 1957 |
Birth Place: | Brumath, France |
Death Place: | Strasbourg, France |
Nationality: | French |
Occupation: | Politician Entrepreneur |
Bernard Stalter (12 March 1957 – 13 April 2020) was a French entrepreneur and politician.[1]
Stalter was born on 12 March 1957 in Brumath.[2] At age 14, he began a hairdressing apprenticeship.[3] After he became a certified hairdresser,[4] he worked for the French Army at the Entzheim Air Base. He opened his first salon in Brumath in 1993.[5]
Stalter was elected chair of the Conseil Economique et Social d'Alsace in November 2007, succeeding Jean-Marie Sander. He resigned in 2013.[6] In 2014, he became president of the Union Nationale des Entreprises de Coiffure.[7] He was a part of the Union Nationale des Entreprises de Coiffure from 2015 to 2018. He was President of Beaute Diffusion Events, which earned €1,468,397 in 2015. He was also an agent for Sarl la Coiffure, Coiffure Bernard, and Agiprim.[8]
The only candidate, Stalter was elected to the Alsace and Grand Est Chamber of Trades in November 2016.[9] He was also president of the company Siagi and the Union des corporations artisanales du Bas-Rhin.[10] The following month, he was elected President of CMA France,[11] earning 106 out of the 113 votes.[12]
Stalter arrived in Corsica in May 2017 to visit those affected by the floods of November 2016. Many residents of the island received funds from CMA France's disaster management fund.[13] He also visited those in Guadeloupe affected by Hurricane Maria.[14]
In December 2017, he was elected vice-president of the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.[15] He was also elected head of the National Confederation of Handicrafts in Service and Manufacturing Trades on 26 September 2018, succeeding Pierre Martin.[16]
On 20 March 2020, Stalter announced on his Facebook page that he had been diagnosed with COVID-19. He died on 13 April in Strasbourg at the age of 63.[17]