Francis Mer
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Francis Mer (may 25th, 1939, in Pau) is a french businessman, industrialist and politician. A former alumnus of the école polytechnique, he was hired in 1970 by the Saint-Gobain group. In 1982, he became chairman of the board of Pont-à-Mousson SA . In 1986, he was nominated by the state as president of the new Usinor group. He was reelected to his position in 1995, upon the group's privatization. He renamed the group Arcelor in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, he was Minister of finances in Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government. In january 2007, he became chairman of the board of Safran.
| Preceded by Laurent Fabius |
Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry 2002–2004 |
Succeeded by Nicolas Sarkozy |
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