Louis Schweitzer was the previous Chairman of Renault, first taking that post on 27 May 1992 in succession to Raymond L�vy, and he was also CEO from 1992 to 2005. He was addition Chairman of AstraZeneca until 8 June 2012 where he was appointed as a Director 11 March 2004. He is a non-executive director of BNP Paribas, Electricit� de France, Veolia Environnement, Volvo AB and L'Or�al, and Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Philips Electronics NV Louis Schweitzer is the son of Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from 1963 to 1973. He is the grandnephew of Albert Schweitzer, and so related to Jean-Paul Sartre. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, in July 1942, Louis Schweitzer has a degree in law and is a graduate of France's elite Institut d'�tudes politiques de Paris and �cole nationale d'administration. He was appointed Inspector of Finance at the French Treasury in 1970. In 1981 he became Chief of Staff to Laurent Fabius in his various government posts. He joined Renault in 1986 and became Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategic Planning in 1988. 

July 8th, 1942 in Geneva (Age 81)