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Jean-Pierre Raffarin
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Key facts
- President
- Jacques Chirac
- Preceded by
- Lionel Jospin
- Succeeded by
- Dominique de Villepin
- Constituency
- Vienne
- Prime minister
- Alain Juppé
- Born
- ( 1948-08-03 ) 3 August 1948 (age 77) , Poitiers , France
- Party
- The Republicans (2015–present)
- Other political affiliations
- Liberal Democracy (before 2002), UMP (2002–2015)
- Spouse
- Anne-Marie Perrier ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 29 June 1980</span>"}]]}'>1980 )
- Alma mater
- Panthéon-Assas University , ESCP Business School
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean-Pierre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Poitiers
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Educated at
- ESCP Business School
- Political party
- The Republicans
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Official website
- www.carnetjpr.com
- Image
- Jean-Pierre Raffarin par Claude Truong-Ngoc 2013.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Strasbourg
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean-Pierre Raffarin ( French: [ʒɑ̃pjɛʁ ʀafaʁɛ̃] ; born 3 August 1948) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005 under President Jacques Chirac.
He resigned after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. However, after Raffarin resigned, he said that his decision was not based on the outcome of the vote. Opinion polls following his resignation suggested that Raffarin was one of France's least popular prime ministers since the Fifth Republic was established in 1958. However, according to the book France: 1815–2003, written by Martin Evans and Emmanuel Godin, Raffarin was "a remarkably popular Prime Minister" despite his ability "to state the obvious and to make empty statements".
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