Bernard Stalter

Stalter was born on 12 March 1957 in Brumath.^[2] At age 14, he began a hairdressing apprenticeship.^[3] After he became a certified hairdresser,^[4] he worked for the French Army at the Entzheim Air Base. He opened his first salon in Brumath in 1993.^[5]

Stalter was elected chair of the Conseil Economique et Social d'Alsace in November 2007, succeeding Jean-Marie Sander. He resigned in 2013.^[6] In 2014, he became president of the Union Nationale des Entreprises de Coiffure.^[7] He was a part of the Union Nationale des Entreprises de Coiffure from 2015 to 2018. He was President of Beaute Diffusion Events, which earned €1,468,397 in 2015. He was also an agent for Sarl la Coiffure, Coiffure Bernard, and Agiprim.^[8]

The only candidate, Stalter was elected to the Alsace and Grand Est Chamber of Trades in November 2016.^[9] He was also president of the company Siagi and the Union des corporations artisanales du Bas-Rhin.^[10] The following month, he was elected President of CMA France,^[11] earning 106 out of the 113 votes.^[12]

Stalter arrived in Corsica in May 2017 to visit those affected by the floods of November 2016. Many residents of the island received funds from CMA France's disaster management fund.^[13] He also visited those in Guadeloupe affected by Hurricane Maria.^[14]

In December 2017, he was elected vice-president of the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.^[15] He was also elected head of the National Confederation of Handicrafts in Service and Manufacturing Trades on 26 September 2018, succeeding Pierre Martin.^[16]

On 20 March 2020, Stalter announced on his Facebook page that he had been diagnosed with COVID-19. He died on 13 April in Strasbourg at the age of 63.^[17]

• Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite (2007)
• Knight of the Legion of Honour (2009)^[18]
• Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (2016)^[19]