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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 .
Lionel Jospin is a Socialist Party politician who served as prime minister of France (1997–2002) in a cohabitation government with conservative President Jacques Chirac. Born in the Parisian suburb of Meudon, Jospin inherited many of his socialist beliefs from his schoolteacher father.
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.
Jun 16, 2024 · Former Socialist prime minister Lionel Jospin (1997 to 2002) reflects on Emmanuel Macron's decision to dissolve the Assemblée Nationale. He criticizes the "arrogance" and...
Jan 1, 2019 · The former leader of the Parti Socialiste (PS), Lionel Jospin was prime minister of France between 1997–2002. Heading a coalition government of Socialist, Greens and Communists, Jospin formed a cohabitation (power sharing) with President Jacques Chirac who represented the right-wing Rassemblement pour la République (Rally for the Republic; RPR).
Apr 2, 2002 · Lionel Jospin. After his shock defeat by the French far-right in the presidential election he has announced his retirement from politics - doing the decent thing, as ever, with a minimum of...
Lionel Jospin. (b. 1937) Quick Reference. (b. 12 July 1937). Prime Minister of France, 1997–2002 Born in Meudon, he graduated from the elite universities Institut d'Études Politiques and the École Nationale d'Administration (ENA). He joined the Socialist Party in 1971, just after taking up a professorship in economics at Paris University IX.
After being defeated in his 1995 bid for the French presidency, Socialist leader Lionel Jospin rallied his forces and gained enough support to be chosen the prime minister of France in 1997. After serving in that capacity for five years, he retired from politics in 2002.
Dec 1, 2007 · Following the early General Election of 25 May and 1 June 1997, Lionel Jospin was appointed Prime Minister on 2 June 1997 until May 2002. Family circumstances. Lionel Jospin has three children from two marriages. He is the author of "L’Invention du possible", published by Editions Flammarion (1991).
Lionel Jospin was, at the time, Prime Minister of France; the Jospin government was criticised for its "softness" on crime by its political opponents. Reporting on the TF1 and France2 television channel and other media also emphasized the alleged crime wave.
