Henri Emmanuelli
| Henri Emmanuelli | |
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| First Secretary of the French Socialist Party | |
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In office 19 June 1994 – 14 October 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Michel Rocard |
| Succeeded by | Lionel Jospin |
| President of the French National Assembly | |
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In office 22 January 1992 – 1 April 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Laurent Fabius |
| Succeeded by | Philippe Séguin |
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31 May 1945 Eaux-Bonnes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po |
| Profession | Banker |
Henri Emmanuelli (born 31 May 1945) is a French politician. A member of the French Socialist Party, he has been deputy for Landes from 1978 to 1981, from 1986 to 1997 and since 2000.
Emmanuelli was born in Eaux-Bonnes in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques. He grew up with a working-class background and lost his father at a very young age. He studied at Sciences Po in Paris.
He joined in 1969 the Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild. In 1971, he was appointed to the management of this company, becoming a senior banking executive and then a co-director in 1975. He continued his professional career at the Rothschild Bank until he was elected at the French National Assembly at age 32 in 1978.
He joined the Socialist Party in 1971. On the request of François Mitterrand he was, at the age of 27, a candidate in the legislative elections of March 1973 in the second circonscription of Lot-et-Garonne. But it was on March 19, 1978 that he was elected for the first time as the deputy for the third electoral district of Landes, which moved the district to the left-wing. In 1982, he was elected for the first time as the President of the General Council of Landes. Between 1981 and 1986, he served in the governments of Pierre Mauroy and Laurent Fabius as the Secretary of State charged with the DOM-TOM territories of France and between 1981 and 1983, as Secretary of State for Budget between 1983 and 1986, and Secretary of State for Consumption between 1984 and 1986.
Between January 1992 and April 1993, he was chairman of the National Assembly. He was then elected First Secretary of the Socialist Party in June 1994 and held this office until October 1995. His election to this position was seen as revenge for the Mitterrand wing of the Socialist Party against Michel Rocard, the incumbent First Secretary, who had been weakened by the party's poor result in the 1994 European Parliament election. However, he was defeated by Lionel Jospin in the race to represent the Socialist Party in the 1995 presidential election. Jospin also took on the role of First Secretary of the party in October 1995. One year later, Emmanuelli was convicted for the illicit financing of the party when he was its treasurer. He re-entered politics in 2000.
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