About Édouard Balladur
Édouard Balladur is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under François Mitterrand from 29 March 1993 to 17 May 1995. He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1995 French presidential election, coming in third place. When the RPR/UDF coalition won the 1993 legislative election, Chirac declined to become prime minister again in a second "cohabitation" with President Mitterrand, and Balladur became prime minister. In the first round of the election, Balladur finished in third place with 18.6% of the vote behind the Socialist candidate Lionel Jospin and Chirac. He was thus eliminated from the final run-off election between the top two candidates, which Chirac won. When he became prime minister, Balladur had promised Chirac that he would not enter the 1995 presidential election, and that he would support Chirac's candidacy.
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