Fran�ois Loos was appointed Minister Delegate for Industry on 2 June 2005, following a term as Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade. He was Minister Delegate for Higher Education & Research in the first Raffarin government. Fran�ois Loos is a graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique, the prestigious state-run industrial and engineering school and has an engineering diploma from the Ecole des Mines. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in mathematics. After starting his career as an engineer with various firms in France and Germany, Fran�ois Loos became a technical advisor to Pierre Pflimlin, President of the European Parliament, and subsequently to Hubert Curien, French Minister of Research & Technology. He next joined Rh�ne Poulenc as Managing Director of the Thann plant, which he ran for two years before being appointed Executive Secretary for Research. From 1990 to 1993, he was Chief Executive of the Lohr SA group. In 1992 Fran�ois Loos was elected Conseiller R�gional for the Alsace region and deputy of the Bas-Rhin d�partement in 1993. He has been Vice-Chairman of the Conseil R�gional of Alsace since 1996. He was re-elected as a deputy in 1997 and again on 9 June 2002. 

December 24th, 1953 in Strasbourg (Age 70)