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Lionel Robert Jospin OQ ( French pronunciation: [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, né le 12 juillet 1937 à Meudon (Seine-et-Oise, aujourd'hui Hauts-de-Seine), est un homme d'État français. Figure du Parti socialiste (PS), il est Premier ministre du 2 juin 1997 au 6 mai 2002. Après avoir étudié à l'IEP de Paris et à l'ENA, il mène une carrière dans la diplomatie.
Lionel Jospin (born July 12, 1937, Meudon, France) is a Socialist Party politician who served as prime minister of France (1997–2002) in a cohabitation government with conservative President Jacques Chirac.
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...
May 14, 2018 · Jospin, Lionel (1937– ) French statesman, prime minister (1997–2002). Jospin joined the French Socialist Party (PS) in 1971. In 1981 he became first secretary of the PS. In 1995 he succeeded François Mitterrand as leader of the PS, but lost the ensuing presidential election to Jacques Chirac.
Apr 17, 2022 · French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, Socialist candidate in the 2002 presidential election, laughs after journalist John Paul Lepers asks on April 17, 2002, who Jospin will vote for if he...
Jospin led his party to a triumphant election victory in 1997, and subsequently presided over a period of high economic growth and low inflation. His government also introduced a number of social welfare reforms and relaxed the country's relatively stringent immigration policies.
