French Minister of the Interior (17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986 and 10 May 1988 to 29 January 1991).
French Minister of Defense (29 January 1991 to 9 March 1993).
Grandson of Daniel Halévy and ex brother-in-law of Françoise Mallet-Joris. He and the sociologist Alain Joxe are the sons of Louis Joxe one of the French negotiators of the Évian accords on the Independence of Algeria.