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Lionel Jospin (French: [ljɔnɛl ʒɔspɛ̃]; born 12 July 1937) 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.

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active years end date
1991-05-16, 1992-04-02, 2002-05-06
active years start date
1988-05-10, 1988-05-12, 1997-06-03
birth date
1937-07-12
birth place
Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine
individualised GND number
119105004
occupation
Activism
office
Minister of National Education, Minister of Sport
order in office
Prime Minister of France
party
Socialist Party (France)
president
Jacques Chirac
prime minister
Édith Cresson, Michel Rocard
religion
Atheism, Reformed Church of France
spouse
Sylviane Agacinski
successor
Jack Lang (French politician), Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9rique_Bredin

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