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Pierre Mauroy

Pierre Mauroy
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106th Prime Minister of France
In office
22 May 1981 – 17 July 1984
President François Mitterrand
Preceded by Raymond Barre
Succeeded by Laurent Fabius
Mayor of Lille
In office
8 January 1973 – 25 March 2001
Preceded by Augustin Laurent
Succeeded by Martine Aubry
First Secretary of the French Socialist Party
In office
1988–1991
Preceded by Lionel Jospin
Succeeded by Laurent Fabius
President of the Socialist International
In office
1992–1999
Preceded by Willy Brandt
Succeeded by António Guterres
Senator from Nord
In office
2 October 1992 – 30 September 2011
Personal details
Born (1928-07-05)5 July 1928
Cartignies, Nord, France
Died 7 June 2013(2013-06-07) (aged 84)
Paris, France
Political party Socialist
Occupation Educator
civil servant
Religion Roman Catholic

Pierre Mauroy (French: [pjɛʁ moʁwa]; 5 July 1928 – 7 June 2013) was a French Socialist politician who was Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984 under President François Mitterrand. Mauroy also served as Mayor of Lille from 1973 to 2001. At the time of his death Mauroy was the emeritus mayor of the city of Lille. He died from complications of lung cancer on June 7, 2013 at the age of 84.

Mauroy was born in Cartignies. A teacher, he led the Socialist Youth Movement and the Technical Teaching Union in the 1950s. He became a leading figure in the Socialist federation of Nord département, which was among the third biggest of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) party and climbed quickly in the party. In 1966, he became the second most powerful person of the party behind the secretary general, Guy Mollet. Nevertheless, when Mollet resigned as leader in 1969, Alain Savary was chosen to succeed him.

After the electoral disasters of 1968 and 1969, he was persuaded of the necessity to renew the party. In 1971, during the Epinay Congress, he supported François Mitterrand's election to the party leadership and became the second most powerful person in the Socialist Party (PS). Two years later, he was elected as a deputy and Mayor of Lille.

Increasingly, Mauroy criticized the replacement of former SFIO members from important positions by allies of Mitterrand. In this, he formed an alliance with Michel Rocard, the main opponent of Mitterrand, during the 1979 Metz Congress. However, Mitterrand chose him as spokesperson during the 1981 presidential campaign; after Mitterrand's election, he appointed Mauroy as Prime Minister.


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