Georges Fillioud (7 July 1929 – 15 September 2011) was a French

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

. He was a member of the French government in charge of

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from 1981 to 1986, under former President François Mitterrand.'Mort de Georges Fillioud, ancien ministre de Mitterrand', in ''

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'', 15/09/201

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/ref>'Décès de Georges Fillioud', in '' Le Point'', 15/09/201

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Biography

Georges Filloud was born on 7 July 1929, in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

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. In the 1960s, he worked for

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. He served as Minister (or State Secretary) of Communication from 1981 to 1986. In this capacity, he made it possible for

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and

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channels to be privately owned, leading to the creation of

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. From 1990 to 1994, he served as the Director of the

Institut national de l'audiovisuel The (abbrev. INA), () is a repository of all French radio and television audiovisual archives. Additionally it provides free access to archives of countries such as Afghanistan and Cambodia. It has its headquarters in Bry-sur-Marne. Since 20 ...

. He died on 15 September 2011.

Bibliography

*''Mémoires des deux rives : Entre médias et pouvoir'' (2008)

References

1929 births Politicians from Lyon Government ministers of France 2011 deaths {{Drôme-politician-stub