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Bernard Lathière
Bernard Lathière
	Lathière in 1982
Chairman of the National Foreign Trade Center
	In office; 1983–1992
Director of Air Transport
	In office; 1968–1974
Inspector General of Finances
	In office; 1957–1979
Personal details
Born	3 March 1929; Calcutta, Bengal, British Raj (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Died	27 June 1997 (aged 68); Paris, France
Education	École Nationale d'Administration (Strasbourg)

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Bernard Lathière (4 March 1929 – 27 June 1997) was a French civil servant, politician, and businessman known for his contributions to French aviation.^[1]

Lathière is considered one of the founding fathers of Airbus, along with Franz Josef Strauss, Henri Ziegler, and Roger Béteille, as he served as the first managing director of Airbus Industrie. He also served as the chairman of the Board of Directors of Aéroports de Paris from 1986 to 1992, and was a director at Sud Aviation and the Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale.^[2]

Outside of aviation, he also served as Inspector General of Finance and Chairman of the National Foreign Trade Center of France.^[1]

Early life

Bernard Lathière was born on March 4, 1929, in Calcutta, British Raj (now Kolkata, India).^[3] He was the son of Jean Lathière, a Vichyssois politician from Limoges, and his wife Lucienne (née Fagneaux).^[2]^[4] Bernard grew up speaking English, Bengali, Limousin Occitan, and French.^[1]

He obtained a diploma from Paris Institute of Political Studies in 1953 and his legal license from Sorbornne University in 1954. He graduated from the École Nationale d'Administration in Strasbourg in 1955.^[1]^[2] He married Odette Duport in 1957.^[4]

Career

Lathière began his career in 1955 in the Ministry of Economics and Finance as Deputy Inspector of Finance, and in 1957 was elected Inspector General of Finance. In 1958 he became a rapporteur for the Ministry's Foreign Trade Commission.^[1]

From 1959 to 1960, Lathière worked as a technology advisor to Minister of Armed Forces Pierre Guillaumat before becoming Chargé de mission of the Direction de la Construction in 1961. In 1962, he was hired as a technology advisor to Minister of Public Works Edgard Pisani. He was promoted to deputy director of Civil Transportation of the Ministry of Public Works in 1966 and appointed the Ministry of Transport's Director of Air Transport in 1968.^[3]

While serving as Director of Air Transport, Lathière also worked as the 1968 director of Sud Aviation and the 1970 director of the Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale. He also served as the government liaison to Air France and Union de Transports Aériens from 1968 to 1971, and served as the French delegate to the Concorde project from 1969 to 1974.^[2]

In 1975, as the multinational aviation corporation Airbus Industrie began to grow, Lathière was brought in by chairman Franz Josef Strauss as the managing director of the company, the company's equivalent of a CEO.^[5] During his tenure as managing director, he was oversaw the projects of the Airbus A300, Airbus A310, and Airbus A320. He stepped down voluntarily in February 1985 after two five-year terms.^[6]

He was appointed Chairman of Aéroports de Paris in 1986 and served until 1992. Through this job he helped increase traffic to Charles de Gaulle Airport.^[7]

Death and legacy

Lathière retired for health reasons in 1992 and died on June 27, 1997, in Paris.^[1]^[8]

During his lifetime, Lathière became an Officer of the Legion of Honour and a Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite, and was awarded a 1st class Médaille de l'Aéronautique.^[6]

Rue Bernard Lathière, a road connecting two major avenues in Limoges, is named after him.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Bernard Lathiere". International Biographical Archive. Munzinger-Archiv. 27 June 1997. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023 – via Wikiwix.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lefevre, Stéphane (27 March 2019). "Dénomination - Mais qui était Bernard Lathière qui a donné son nom à la rue où est installé Le Populaire du Centre ?". Le Populaire du Center. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Bernard Lathière". Les Echos (in French). 1 July 1997. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Family tree of Bernard LATHIÈRE". Geneanet. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ Phadnis, Ashwini (25 June 2019). "An Indo-French romance that's half-a-century old". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "M. Bernard Lathière quitte la direction d'Airbus Industrie". Le Monde (in French). 4 February 1985. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ Kasioumi, Eirini (2021). Planning the Impossible: Urban Development and Spatial Strategies in the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Region. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser Verlag. p. 171. ISBN 978-3035621518.
^ "The family grows (1988-1991)". Airbus. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ "rue Bernard Lathière, Limoges (87085) - Base Adresse Nationale". Le Site National de l'Adresse (in French). Retrieved 29 April 2023.

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Bernard Lathiere". International Biographical Archive. Munzinger-Archiv. 27 June 1997. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023 – via Wikiwix.

[:1-2] Lefevre, Stéphane (27 March 2019). "Dénomination - Mais qui était Bernard Lathière qui a donné son nom à la rue où est installé Le Populaire du Centre ?". Le Populaire du Center. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

[:2-3] "Bernard Lathière". Les Echos (in French). 1 July 1997. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

[:3-4] "Family tree of Bernard LATHIÈRE". Geneanet. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

[5] Phadnis, Ashwini (25 June 2019). "An Indo-French romance that's half-a-century old". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

[:4-6] "M. Bernard Lathière quitte la direction d'Airbus Industrie". Le Monde (in French). 4 February 1985. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

[7] Kasioumi, Eirini (2021). Planning the Impossible: Urban Development and Spatial Strategies in the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Region. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser Verlag. p. 171. ISBN 978-3035621518.

[8] "The family grows (1988-1991)". Airbus. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

[9] "rue Bernard Lathière, Limoges (87085) - Base Adresse Nationale". Le Site National de l'Adresse (in French). Retrieved 29 April 2023.

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+'''Bernard Lathière''' (4 March 1929 – 27 June 1997) was a French civil servant, politician, and businessman known for his contributions to [[Aviation in France|French aviation]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=1997-06-27 |title=Bernard Lathiere |url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/go/document.jsp?id=00000016678 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429232645/https://www.munzinger.de/search/go/document.jsp?id=00000016678#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=International Biographical Archive |publisher=Munzinger-Archiv |via=Wikiwix }}</ref>
-Lathière is considered one of the founding fathers of [[Airbus]], along with [[Franz Josef Strauss]], [[Henri Ziegler]], and [[Roger Béteille]], as he served as the first Managing Director of [[Airbus Industrie]]. He also served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of [[Paris Aéroport|Aéroports de Paris]] from 1986 to 1992, and was a director at [[Sud Aviation]] and the [[Aérospatiale|Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Lefevre |first=Stéphane |date=2019-03-27 |title=Dénomination - Mais qui était Bernard Lathière qui a donné son nom à la rue où est installé Le Populaire du Centre ? |url=https://www.lepopulaire.fr/limoges-87000/travaux-urbanisme/mais-qui-etait-bernard-lathiere-qui-a-donne-son-nom-a-la-rue-ou-est-installe-le-populaire-du-centre-i_13525137/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Le Populaire du Center}}</ref>
+Lathière is considered one of the founding fathers of [[Airbus]], along with [[Franz Josef Strauss]], [[Henri Ziegler]], and [[Roger Béteille]], as he served as the first managing director of [[Airbus Industrie]]. He also served as the chairman of the Board of Directors of [[Paris Aéroport|Aéroports de Paris]] from 1986 to 1992, and was a director at [[Sud Aviation]] and the [[Aérospatiale|Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Lefevre |first=Stéphane |date=2019-03-27 |title=Dénomination - Mais qui était Bernard Lathière qui a donné son nom à la rue où est installé Le Populaire du Centre ? |url=https://www.lepopulaire.fr/limoges-87000/travaux-urbanisme/mais-qui-etait-bernard-lathiere-qui-a-donne-son-nom-a-la-rue-ou-est-installe-le-populaire-du-centre-i_13525137/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Le Populaire du Center}}</ref>
 Outside of aviation, he also served as [[Inspection générale des finances (France)|Inspector General of Finance]] and Chairman of the [[Ministry of Economics and Finance (France)|National Foreign Trade Center]] of France.<ref name=":0" />
 == Early life ==
-Bernard Lathière was born on March 4, 1929, in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[British Raj]] (now [[Kolkata]], [[India]]).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=1997-07-01 |title=Bernard Lathière |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/1997/07/bernard-lathiere-816645 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Les Echos |language=fr}}</ref> He was the son of Jean Lathière, a [[Vichy|Vichyssois]] politician from [[Limoges]], and his wife Lucienne (née Fagneaux).<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Family tree of Bernard LATHIÈRE |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/plenicolpech?lang=en&n=lathiere&oc=0&p=bernard |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Geneanet |language=en}}</ref> Bernard grew up speaking [[English language|English]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Limousin dialect|Limousin Occitan]], and [[French language|French]].<ref name=":0" />
+Bernard Lathière was born on March 4, 1929, in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[British Raj]] (now [[Kolkata]], [[India]]).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=1997-07-01 |title=Bernard Lathière |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/1997/07/bernard-lathiere-816645 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Les Echos |language=fr}}</ref> He was the son of Jean Lathière, a [[Vichy]]ssois politician from [[Limoges]], and his wife Lucienne (née Fagneaux).<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Family tree of Bernard LATHIÈRE |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/plenicolpech?lang=en&n=lathiere&oc=0&p=bernard |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Geneanet |language=en}}</ref> Bernard grew up speaking [[English language|English]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Limousin dialect|Limousin Occitan]], and [[French language|French]].<ref name=":0" />
 He obtained a diploma from [[Paris Institute of Political Studies]] in 1953 and his legal license from [[Sorbonne University|Sorbornne University]] in 1954. He graduated from the [[École nationale d'administration|École Nationale d'Administration]] in [[Strasbourg]] in 1955.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He married Odette Duport in 1957.<ref name=":3" />
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 Lathière began his career in 1955 in the [[Ministry of Economics and Finance (France)|Ministry of Economics and Finance]] as Deputy Inspector of Finance, and in 1957 was elected Inspector General of Finance. In 1958 he became a [[rapporteur]] for the Ministry's Foreign Trade Commission.<ref name=":0" />
-From 1959 to 1960, Lathière worked as a technology advisor to [[Minister of the Armed Forces (France)|Minister of Armed Forces]] [[Pierre Guillaumat]] before becoming [[Chargé de mission]] of the Direction de la Construction in 1961. In 1962, he was hired as a technology advisor to [[Minister of Public Works (France)|Minister of Public Works]] [[Edgard Pisani]]. He was promoted to Deputy Director of Civil Transportation of the Ministry of Public Works in 1966 and appointed the [[Ministry of Ecological Transition (France)|Ministry of Transport]]'s Director of Air Transport in 1968.<ref name=":2" />
+From 1959 to 1960, Lathière worked as a technology advisor to [[Minister of the Armed Forces (France)|Minister of Armed Forces]] [[Pierre Guillaumat]] before becoming [[Chargé de mission]] of the Direction de la Construction in 1961. In 1962, he was hired as a technology advisor to [[Minister of Public Works (France)|Minister of Public Works]] [[Edgard Pisani]]. He was promoted to deputy director of Civil Transportation of the Ministry of Public Works in 1966 and appointed the [[Ministry of Ecological Transition (France)|Ministry of Transport]]'s Director of Air Transport in 1968.<ref name=":2" />
 While serving as Director of Air Transport, Lathière also worked as the 1968 director of [[Sud Aviation]] and the 1970 director of the [[Aérospatiale|Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale]]. He also served as the government liaison to [[Air France]] and [[Union de Transports Aériens]] from 1968 to 1971, and served as the French delegate to the [[Concorde]] project from 1969 to 1974.<ref name=":1" />
-In 1975, as the multinational aviation corporation Airbus Industrie began to grow, Lathière was brought in by chairman Franz Josef Strauss as the Managing Director of the company, the company's equivalent of a [[Chief executive officer|CEO]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Phadnis |first=Ashwini |date=2019-06-25 |title=An Indo-French romance that’s half-a-century old |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/flight-plan/an-indo-french-romance-thats-half-a-century-old/article28137559.ece |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=The Hindu Business Line |language=en}}</ref> During his tenure as Managing Director, he was oversaw the projects of the [[Airbus A300]], [[Airbus A310]], and [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320]]. He stepped down voluntarily in February 1985 after two five-year terms.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=1985-02-04 |title=M. Bernard Lathière quitte la direction d'Airbus Industrie |language=fr |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1985/02/04/m-bernard-lathiere-quitte-la-direction-d-airbus-industrie_2750548_1819218.html |access-date=2023-04-29}}</ref>
+In 1975, as the multinational aviation corporation Airbus Industrie began to grow, Lathière was brought in by chairman Franz Josef Strauss as the managing director of the company, the company's equivalent of a [[Chief executive officer|CEO]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Phadnis |first=Ashwini |date=2019-06-25 |title=An Indo-French romance that’s half-a-century old |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/flight-plan/an-indo-french-romance-thats-half-a-century-old/article28137559.ece |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=The Hindu Business Line |language=en}}</ref> During his tenure as managing director, he was oversaw the projects of the [[Airbus A300]], [[Airbus A310]], and [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320]]. He stepped down voluntarily in February 1985 after two five-year terms.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=1985-02-04 |title=M. Bernard Lathière quitte la direction d'Airbus Industrie |language=fr |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1985/02/04/m-bernard-lathiere-quitte-la-direction-d-airbus-industrie_2750548_1819218.html |access-date=2023-04-29}}</ref>
 He was appointed Chairman of [[Paris Aéroport|Aéroports de Paris]] in 1986 and served until 1992. Through this job he helped increase traffic to [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kasioumi |first=Eirini |title=Planning the Impossible: Urban Development and Spatial Strategies in the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Region |publisher=Birkhäuser Verlag |year=2021 |isbn=978-3035621518 |location=Basel, Switzerland |pages=171 |language=English}}</ref>
 == Death and legacy ==
-Lathière retired due to health reasons in 1992 and died on June 27, 1997, in [[Paris]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The family grows (1988-1991) |url=https://www.airbus.com/en/who-we-are/our-history/commercial-aircraft-history/the-family-grows-1988-1991 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Airbus}}</ref>
+Lathière retired for health reasons in 1992 and died on June 27, 1997, in [[Paris]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The family grows (1988-1991) |url=https://www.airbus.com/en/who-we-are/our-history/commercial-aircraft-history/the-family-grows-1988-1991 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Airbus}}</ref>
 During his lifetime, Lathière became an Officer of the [[Legion of Honour]] and a Commander of the [[Ordre national du Mérite]], and was awarded a 1st class [[Aeronautical Medal|Médaille de l'Aéronautique]].<ref name=":4" />
-Rue Bernard Lathière, a road connecting two major [[Avenue|avenues]] in Limoges, is named after him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=rue Bernard Lathière, Limoges (87085) - Base Adresse Nationale |url=https://adresse.data.gouv.fr/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Le Site National de l'Adresse |language=fr}}</ref>
+Rue Bernard Lathière, a road connecting two major [[Avenue (landscape)|avenue]]s in Limoges, is named after him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=rue Bernard Lathière, Limoges (87085) - Base Adresse Nationale |url=https://adresse.data.gouv.fr/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Le Site National de l'Adresse |language=fr}}</ref>
 == References ==
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+[[Category:20th-century French politicians]]
+[[Category:French businesspeople]]
+[[Category:Politicians from Kolkata]]
+[[Category:Businesspeople from Kolkata]]