Lionel Jospin | |
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.jpg) Jospin in 2014 | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 2 June 1997 – 6 May 2002 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Alain Juppé |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
| Member of the Constitutional Council | |
| In office 6 January 2015 – 11 March 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Claude Bartolone |
| President | Jean-Louis Debré Laurent Fabius |
| Preceded by | Jacques Barrot |
| Succeeded by | Alain Juppé |
| First Secretary of the Socialist Party | |
| In office 14 October 1995 – 2 June 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Henri Emmanuelli |
| Succeeded by | François Hollande |
| In office 24 January 1981 – 14 May 1988 | |
| Preceded by | François Mitterrand |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Mauroy |
| Minister of National Education | |
| In office 12 May 1988 – 2 April 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Michel Rocard Édith Cresson |
| Preceded by | René Monory |
| Succeeded by | Jack Lang |
| Minister of Youth and Sport | |
| In office 12 May 1988 – 16 May 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Michel Rocard |
| Preceded by | Alain Calmat |
| Succeeded by | Frédérique Bredin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 July 1937 Meudon, Seine-et-Oise, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Internationalist Communist Organisation (Historical) |
| Spouse(s) | Élisabeth Dannenmuller (div). Sylviane Agacinski |
| Children | Eva and Hugo |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
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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. In 1995, he was narrowly defeated in the second round by Jacques Chirac. In 2002, he was eliminated in the first round after finishing behind both Chirac and Jean-Marie Le Pen, prompting him to announce his retirement from politics. In 2015, he was appointed to the Constitutional Council by National Assembly President Claude Bartolone.