Christian Streiff

{{Short description|French businessman}}

{{ infobox person

| name = Christian Streiff

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|9|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sarrebourg, France

| nationality = French

| education = Mines ParisTech

| occupation = Businessman

}}

Christian Streiff (born 21 September 1954) is a French businessman.

Streiff was born at Sarrebourg, Moselle. He was nominated chief executive officer of the European commercial aircraft manufacturer Airbus S.A.S. on 2 July 2006. He resigned from this position three months later, on 9 October 2006, and was replaced by Louis Gallois that same day. According to a former Airbus employee, Streiff found himself "isolated" in his plans to restructure Airbus and offered to quit. {{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6035357.stm |publisher=BBC |title=Streiff resigns as CEO of Airbus |date=October 9, 2006}}

One month later, Streiff was appointed the chief executive officer of the second-largest European car maker, PSA Peugeot Citroën. On Sunday 29 March 2009 the board of PSA Peugeot Citroën ousted Streiff, stating publicly that a change in leadership was needed to "unlock the group's potential."{{cite news

|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123835106415266883 |publisher=Wall Street Journal |title=Peugeot Ousts Chief Executive Christian Streiff |date=March 29, 2009 | first=Leila | last=Abboud}}