Jospin, Lionel

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Name (Hebrew)
ז'וספן, ליונל
Name (Latin)
Jospin, Lionel
Date of birth
1937-07-12
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 79028145
Wikidata: Q187099
Library of congress: n 83149532
Sources of Information
  • Emancipations nationales et nouvel internationalisme, c1983:t.p. (Lionel Jospin) p. 8 (premier secrétaire du P.S. France)
  • His L'invention du possible, c1991:t.p. (Lionel Jospin) cover p. 4 (diplomat, later university professor; first secretary of the Parti Socialiste, 1981-88; since 1988, ministre d'état chargé de l'éducation nationale)
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Wikipedia description:

Lionel Robert Jospin (French: [ljɔnɛl ʁɔbɛʁ ʒɔspɛ̃]; born 12 July 1937) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002. Jospin was First Secretary of the Socialist Party from 1995 to 1997 and the party's candidate for President of France in the 1995 and 2002 elections. In 1995, he was narrowly defeated in the second round by Jacques Chirac. In 2002, he was eliminated in the first round after finishing behind both Chirac and Jean-Marie Le Pen, prompting him to announce his retirement from politics. In 2015, he was appointed to the Constitutional Council by National Assembly President Claude Bartolone.

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