Lionel Jospin
Lionel Jospin | |
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Jospin in May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 3 June 1997 – 6 May 2002 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Alain Juppé |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
| First Secretary of the Socialist Party | |
| In office 14 October 1995 – 27 November 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Henri Emmanuelli |
| Succeeded by | François Hollande |
| In office 24 January 1981 – 14 May 1988 | |
| Preceded by | François Mitterrand |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Mauroy |
| Minister of National Education | |
| In office 12 May 1988 – 2 April 1992 | |
| President | François Mitterrand |
| Prime Minister | Michel Rocard Édith Cresson |
| Preceded by | René Monory |
| Succeeded by | Jack Lang |
| Minister of Sport | |
| In office 10 May 1988 – 16 May 1991 | |
| President | François Mitterrand |
| Prime Minister | Michel Rocard |
| Preceded by | Alain Calmat |
| Succeeded by | Frédérique Bredin |
| Member of the Constitutional Council of France | |
| Assumed office 6 January 2015 | |
| President | Jean-Louis Debré Laurent Fabius |
| Preceded by | Jacques Barrot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 July 1937 Meudon, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Élisabeth (div). Sylviane Agacinski |
| Children | Eva Jospin Hugo Jospin |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po, ÉNA |
| Occupation | Activist Civil servant |
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Lionel Jospin (French: [ljɔnɛl ʒɔspɛ̃]; born 12 July 1937) is a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002.
Jospin was the Socialist Party candidate for President of France in the elections of 1995 and 2002. He was narrowly defeated in the final runoff election by Jacques Chirac in 1995. He ran for President again in 2002, and was eliminated in the first round due to finishing behind both Chirac and the far-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen.
After his loss in the 2002 presidential election, he immediately announced his retirement from politics.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Sciolino, Elaine (29 September 2006). "Veteran French Socialist Steps Aside as Candidate for President". New York Times. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to Lionel Jospin at Wikimedia Commons
- Archives of the official web sites of Prime Minister Jospin: 1997–1998 Archived 2005-04-06 at the Wayback Machine, 1998–2000 Archived 2005-04-06 at the Wayback Machine, 2000–2002 Archived 2004-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Text of his major economic speech of Montreal in April 2009: The first lessons from the financial and economic crisis (fr) Archived 2014-04-10 at the Wayback Machine