Re-election of Chairman

Total S.A.
11 May 2007


                                                             Paris, May 11, 2007

Thierry Desmarest re-elected Chairman of Total's Board of Directors

Total's Board of Directors met after the May 11, 2007 Annual Meeting.

The mandate as a director of Mr Thierry Desmarest having been renewed by the
Annual Meeting for a period of 3 years, the Board of Directors re-elected him as
Chairman of the Board of Total S.A.


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