Bernard Tapie is a French businessman, politician and occasional actor, singer, and TV host. He was "Ministre de la Ville" (Minister of City Affairs) for two periods in 1992-1993, in the government of Pierre Bérégovoy. One of Tapie's businesses, a chain of health product stores known as "La Vie Claire", sponsored one of the strongest cycling teams of all time. Wikipedia
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Former Ministre de la Ville (1992-93) in French government Former head of Marseilles soccer team. Tapie had been charged after the "OM-VA" affair, but he is not in jail anymore. Now he takes part again in the management staff of the "Olympique de Marseill www.imdb.com/name/nm0850014/
