Pierre-Christian Taittinger | |
Office: | Mayor of the 16th arrondissement of Paris |
Term Start: | 19 March 1989 |
Term End: | 29 March 2008 |
Predecessor: | Georges Mesmin |
Successor: | Claude Goasguen |
Office2: | Member of the French Senate for Paris |
Term Start2: | 26 September 1977 |
Term End2: | 24 September 1995 |
Office3: | Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs |
Term Start3: | 29 August 1976 |
Term End3: | 26 September 1977 |
President3: | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
Primeminister3: | Raymond Barre |
Predecessor3: | Jean François-Poncet |
Successor3: | Jean-François Deniau |
Office4: | Secretary of State for the Interior |
Term Start4: | 12 January 1976 |
Term End4: | 25 August 1976 |
President4: | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
Primeminister4: | Jacques Chirac |
Successor4: | Olivier Stirn |
Birth Date: | 5 February 1926 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Death Place: | Versailles, France |
Nationality: | French |
Party: | RPR UMP |
Parents: | Pierre Taittinger Anne-Marie Mailly |
Education: | Collège Stanislas de Paris |
Relations: | Jean Taittinger (half-brother) |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Pierre-Christian Taittinger (pronounced as /fr/; 5 February 1926 - 27 September 2009) was a French politician, mayor of the 16th arrondissement of Paris between 1989 and 2008 and Senator for Paris between 1977 and 1995.[1] After studying law he became a lawyer in 1947 and was elected as a municipal councillor for Paris in 1953 and remained so until his death in 2009.
He was the son of Pierre Taittinger founder of the champagne producing company Taittinger and the brother of Jean Taittinger both of whom were also politicians.[2]