Bernard Stalter, president of the Chambers of Trades of France, died of the Covid-19 at 63 years old

Recognizable by his elegant silver mustache, the president of the network of French Chambers of Trades and Crafts (CMA), Alsatian entrepreneur Bernard Stalter, died of coronavirus at the age of 63, his wife announced on social media on Monday. “I come here to inform you that Bernard Stalter has just turned a blind eye to this world to join paradise. (…) He fought for you and against this virus until the last breath, “wrote his wife, Agnes Stalter, on her husband’s Facebook page.

“I learn with immense sadness the disappearance of my friend @ bernard_stalter (…) tireless defender of craftsmen, always available, open and smiling. We will miss it, France will miss the craftsmen, it will miss in Alsace “, reacted on Twitter the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire.

I learn with immense sadness the disappearance of my friend @bernard_stalter, president of @apcmafrance : tireless defender of craftsmen, always available, open and smiling. We will miss him, he will miss craftsmen in France, he will miss in Alsace. pic.twitter.com/XZlNRBkrUj

– Bruno Le Maire (@BrunoLeMaire) April 13, 2020

Reassuring news at the end of March

Owner of three hairdressing salons in Brumath (Bas-Rhin) and Strasbourg, Bernard Stalter had been hospitalized since the end of March in intensive care in Strasbourg. “My doctor diagnosed me # Covid-19 I’m fine. I follow the instructions and stay at home, “he announced on March 20 on his Facebook page, ensuring that he continued” to work in contact with the teams from Paris, Grand Est and Alsace to continue the fight for and with the craftsmen ”.

Bernard Stalter was elected in 2016 for five years as president of CMA France while presiding over the Regional Chamber of Trades of Grand Est and Alsace. In 2017, he was elected vice-president of the European Craft and SME Union (UEAPME). He was also head of the National Union of Hairdressing Companies (Unec) since 2014 and the National Confederation of Service Trades (CNAMS) since September 2018. He also sat in the Grand Est Region as a delegated regional advisor to crafts.

Bernard Stalter left school at 14 and opened his first hair salon in Brumath in 1993.