Raymond Barre (born April 12, 1924) is a French center-right politician and economist.

Raymond Barre was initially professor of economics.

An associate of center-right President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, he was close to his party, the Union for French Democracy.

He served under Giscard as Prime Minister from 1976 to 1981 and ran as UDF candidate for president in 1988, coming in third behind Socialist President François Mitterrand and Gaullist Prime Minister Chirac.

Raymond Barre is probably the only French politician to have reached such high levels of responsibilities without having ever been a member of any political party. He always kept some distance with what he considered to be the political "microcosm".

Barre's First Government, 27 August 1976 - 30 March 1977

• Raymond Barre - Prime Minister
• Louis de Guiringaud - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Economy and Finance
• Yvon Bourges - Minister of Defense
• Michel Poniatowski - Minister of the Interior
• Michel d'Ornano - Minister of Industry and Research
• Christian Beullac - Minister of Labour
• Olivier Guichard - Minister of Justice
• René Haby - Minister of Education
• Christian Bonnet - Minister of Agriculture
• Jean-Pierre Fourcade - Minister of Equipment
• Robert Boulin - Minister of Relations with Parliament
• Simone Veil - Minister of Health
• Robert Galley - Minister of Cooperation
• Pierre Brousse - Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry
• André Rossi - Minister of External Commerce
• Vincent Ansquer - Minister of Quality of Life
• Jean Lecanuet - Minister of Planning

Barre's Second Government, 30 March 1977 - 5 April 1978

• Raymond Barre - Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance
• Louis de Guiringaud - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Yvon Bourges - Minister of Defense
• Christian Bonnet - Minister of the Interior
• René Monory - Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Craft Industry
• Christian Beullac - Minister of Labour
• Alain Peyrefitte - Minister of Justice
• René Haby - Minister of Education
• Michel d'Ornano - Minister of Culture and Environment
• Pierre Méhaignerie - Minister of Agriculture
• Jean-Pierre Fourcade - Minister of Equipment and Regional Planning
• Simone Veil - Minister of Health and Social Security
• Robert Galley - Minister of Cooperation
• André Rossi - Minister of External Commerce

Changes

• 26 September 1977 - Fernand Icart succeeds Fourcade as Minister of Equipment and Regional Planning.

Barre's Third Government, 5 April 1978 - 22 May 1981

• Raymond Barre - Prime Minister
• Louis de Guiringaud - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Yvon Bourges - Minister of Defense
• Christian Bonnet - Minister of the Interior
• René Monory - Minister of Economy
• Maurice Papon - Minister of Budget
• André Giraud - Minister of Industry
• Robert Boulin - Minister of Labour and Participation
• Alain Peyrefitte - Minister of Justice
• Christian Beullac - Minister of Education
• Alice Saunier-Seïté - Minister of Universities
• Jean-Philippe Lecat - Minister of Culture and Communication
• Pierre Méhaignerie - Minister of Agriculture
• Michel d'Ornano - Minister of Environment and Quality of Life
• Jean-Pierre Soisson - Minister of Youth, Sports, and Leisure
• Fernand Icart - Minister of Equipment and Regional Planning
• Joël Le Theule - Minister of Transport
• Simone Veil - Minister of Health and Family
• Robert Galley - Minister of Cooperation
• Jacques Barrot - Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry
• Jean-François Deniau - Minister of External Commerce

Changes

• 29 November 1978 - Jean François-Poncet succeeds Guiringaud as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• 4 July 1979 - Jacques Barrot succeeds Veil as Minister of Health and Social Security. Maurice Charretier succeeds Barrot as Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry.
• 29 October 1979 - Jean Mattéoli succeeds Boulin as Minister of Labour and Participation.
• 2 October 1980 - Joël Le Theule succeeds Bourges as Minister of Defense. Daniel Hoeffel succeeds Le Theule as Minister of Transport. Michel Cointat succeeds Deniau as Minister of External Commerce.
• 22 December 1980 - Robert Galley succeeds Le Theule (d.14 December) as Minister of Defense.
• 4 March 1981 - Michel d'Ornano succeeds Lecat as Minister of Culture. No one succeeds Lecat as Minister of Communication.

|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
Jacques Chirac | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Prime Minister of France
1976–1981 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Pierre Mauroy

|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
Jean-Pierre-Fourcade | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Minister of the Economy and Finance
1976–1978 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
René Monory