Jean-Pierre Chevènement
Appearance
Jean-Pierre Chevènement | |
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Minister of the Interior | |
In office 4 June 1997 – 29 August 2000 | |
Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
Preceded by | Jean-Louis Debré |
Succeeded by | Daniel Vaillant |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 12 May 1988 – 29 January 1991 | |
Prime Minister | Michel Rocard |
Preceded by | André Giraud |
Succeeded by | Pierre Joxe |
Ministry of National Education | |
In office 17 July 1984 – 20 March 1986 | |
Prime Minister | Laurent Fabius |
Preceded by | Alain Savary |
Succeeded by | René Monory |
Minister of Research and of Industry | |
In office 22 May 1981 – 23 March 1983 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Mauroy |
Preceded by | Pierre Aigrain |
Succeeded by | Laurent Fabius |
Personal details | |
Born | Belfort, Territoire de Belfort | 9 March 1939
Political party | SFIO (1964-1969) Socialist Party (1969-1993) Citizens' Movement (1993-2002) Republican Pole (2002-2003) Citizen and Republican Movement (2003-2015) |
Spouse(s) | Nisa Chevènement |
Children | Raphaël and Jean-Christophe |
Alma mater | Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
Website | [1] |
Jean-Pierre Chevènement (French: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ ʃəvɛnmɑ̃]; born 9 March 1939[1]) is a French politician. He was a minister in the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for his candidacy in the 2002 French presidential election.
He was mayor of Belfort. He was elected to the Senate for the Territoire de Belfort in 2008. He is a co-founder of the PS and founder of the Republican and Citizen Movement (MRC).
References
[change | change source]- ↑ List of Senators re-elected in 2008 Archived 2020-11-17 at the Wayback Machine (PDF file), Senate website (in French).