Jack Lang | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Jack_Lang_Gay_Pride_Paris_2008_n2.jpg) Lang at the Gay Pride in 2008 | |
| Member of the National Assembly for Pas-de-Calais's 6th constituency | |
| In office 19 June 2002 – 17 June 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Dominique Dupilet |
| Succeeded by | Brigitte Bourguignon |
| Minister of National Education | |
| In office 27 March 2000 – 5 May 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
| Preceded by | Claude Allègre |
| Succeeded by | Luc Ferry |
| In office 2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Bérégovoy |
| Preceded by | Lionel Jospin |
| Succeeded by | François Bayrou |
| Government Spokesman | |
| In office 17 May 1991 – 2 April 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Édith Cresson |
| Preceded by | Louis Le Pensec Claude Evin |
| Succeeded by | Martin Malvy |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 13 May 1988 – 29 March 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Michel Rocard Édith Cresson Pierre Bérégovoy |
| Preceded by | François Léotard |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Toubon |
| In office 22 May 1981 – 20 March 1986 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Mauroy Laurent Fabius |
| Preceded by | Michel d'Ornano |
| Succeeded by | François Léotard |
| Member of the National Assembly for Loir-et-Cher's 1st constituency | |
| In office 12 June 1997 – 27 April 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Michel Fromet |
| Succeeded by | Michel Fromet |
| In office 2 April 1993 – 9 December 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Michel Fromet |
| Succeeded by | Michel Fromet |
| In office 2 April 1986 – 28 July 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Proportional representation |
| Succeeded by | Michel Fromet |
| Mayor of Blois | |
| In office 20 March 1989 – 21 March 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Sudreau |
| Succeeded by | Bernard Valette |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jack Mathieu Émile Lang 2 September 1939 Mirecourt, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po |
Jack Mathieu Émile Lang (French pronunciation: [dʒak matjø emil lɑ̃ɡ]; born 2 September 1939)[1] is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party, he served as Minister of Culture from 1981 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993, as well as Minister of National Education from 1992 to 1993 and 2000 to 2002.
He was also Mayor of Blois from 1989 until his resignation in 2000.[1] Lang is best known for originating the Fête de la Musique in 1982 as Culture Minister, an all day public music festival which occurs yearly on 21 June in France and throughout the world. Since 2013 he has been president of the Arab World Institute in Paris.
- ^ a b "M. Jack Lang: Assemblée Nationale". Assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 21 June 2016.