Lionel Jospin

Jospin, Lionel (Jospin, Lionel) (p. 1937), Prime Minister of France. Born July 12, 1937 in Meudon near Paris. In 1961 he was allowed to learn in public school administration, but did it two years later after serving in the army. After graduating from the course, Jospin has worked in the economic department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from 1970 he taught economics at the University Institute of Technology in Paris. Joined the Socialists in 1971, attracted the attention of Francois Mitterrand, in 1977 was elected to the National Assembly from the district of Paris. After Mitterrand's election as president was declared the first secretary of the Party. After Mitterrand's re-election in 1988, Jospin was appointed Minister of Education. As a result of the disastrous 1993 elections for the Socialists announced his retirement from politics, claimed the post in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but was rejected by the then Minister Alain Zhyupe.

. In 1995, Jospin, the Socialist candidate, was declared to the presidency, but lost the election, Jacques Chirac
. Two years later he was able to form a coalition of socialists, Communists and Greens, which prevailed in the elections in 1997, defeating a coalition and Zhyupe Chirac and Jospin became Prime Minister (instead Zhyupe).