Edgard Pisani was a French politician. He was born in Tunis

Tunis

Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....

 and his parents were Maltese

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

 immigrants. He spent his childhood in Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

 and later studied in Paris. Pisani holds a "licence de lettres" from La Sorbonne. His second marriage was with the daughter of André Le Troquer

André Le Troquer

André Le Troquer was a French politician, socialist lawyer, and president of the National Assembly from 12 January 1954 to 10 January 1955, and a second time from 24 January 1956 to 4 October 1958.-Career:...

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He held positions in various governments. Between 24 August 1961 and 8 January 1966, he was Minister of Agriculture

Minister of Agriculture (France)

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing of France is the governmental body charged with regulation and policy, for agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food.The department is headquartered in Hotel Villeroy, at No...

 in France. He has been a member of the Senat, and of the Parliament. From 1988 until 1995, he was president of Arab World Institute

Arab World Institute

The Institut du Monde Arabe or Arab World Institute , in English, was established in 1980 in Paris, when 18 Arab countries concluded an agreement with France to establish the Institute to disseminate information about the Arab world and set in motion detailed research to cover Arabic and the Arab...

. In 1992, with Bertrand Hervieu, he formed the Groupe de Seillac followed in 1995 by the Groupe de Bruges

Groupe de Bruges

This article is about the agricultural policy think-tank. For the Eurosceptic think-tank see Bruges GroupThe Groupe de Bruges is a European think-tank specializing in agriculture and rural development...

, both being think tanks specialising in agricultural and rural affairs. Since 1992, he has been a member of the French Economic and Social Council

French Economic and Social Council

The Economic, Social and Environmental Council of France is a consultative assembly...

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