Lionel Jospin
| Lionel Jospin | |
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Jospin in May 2014
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| Prime Minister of France | |
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In office 3 June 1997 – 6 May 2002 |
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| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Alain Juppé |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
| First Secretary of the Socialist Party | |
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In office 14 October 1995 – 27 November 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Henri Emmanuelli |
| Succeeded by | François Hollande |
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In office 24 January 1981 – 14 May 1988 |
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| Preceded by | François Mitterrand |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Mauroy |
| Minister of National Education | |
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In office 12 May 1988 – 2 April 1992 |
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| President | François Mitterrand |
| Prime Minister |
Michel Rocard Édith Cresson |
| Preceded by | René Monory |
| Succeeded by | Jack Lang |
| Minister of Sport | |
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In office 10 May 1988 – 16 May 1991 |
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| President | François Mitterrand |
| Prime Minister | Michel Rocard |
| Preceded by | Alain Calmat |
| Succeeded by | Frédérique Bredin |
| Member of the Constitutional Council of France | |
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Assumed office 6 January 2015 |
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| President | Jean-Louis Debré |
| Preceded by | Jacques Barrot |
| Personal details | |
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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, who 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, following which he immediately announced his retirement from politics.
Lionel Jospin was born to a Protestant family in Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine), a suburb of Paris. He is the son of Robert Jospin. He attended the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly before studying at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and the École nationale d'administration (ENA). He was active in the UNEF students' union, protesting against the war in Algeria (1954–62). He completed his military service as an officer in charge of armoured training in Trier (Germany).
After his graduation from the ENA in 1965, he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as secretary of Foreign Affairs. He became in charge of economic cooperation there, and worked with Ernest-Antoine Seillière, future leader of the MEDEF employers' union.
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