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Lionel Jospin
Politician
1937 –
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Who is Lionel Jospin?
Lionel Jospin 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.
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- Born
- Jul 12, 1937
Meudon - Also known as
- Lionēls Žospēns
- Жоспен Ліонель
- Жоспен, Лионель
- 利昂内尔·若斯潘
- ลียอแนล ฌ็อสแป็ง
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Sylviane Agacinski
(1994/06/30 - ) - Elisabeth Dannenmuller
(1973/03/29 - 1993/09/15)
- Sylviane Agacinski
- Children
- Religion
- Atheism
- Protestantism
- Reformed Church of France
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- Sciences Po
- École nationale d'administration
- Lived in
- Paris
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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