Q12946

French politician (1930–2016)

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Acting · Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Michel Rocard (23 August 1930 – 2 July 2016) was a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991 during which he created the Revenu minimum d'insertion (RMI), a social minimum welfare program for indigents, and achieved the Matignon Accords regarding the status of New Caledonia. He was a member of the European…

Known for

De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire — Self - Prime minister (archive footage)2022
Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi — Self (archive footage)2020
Ministre ou rien — Self2014
Le Diable de la République : 40 ans de Front national — Self2011
L’enfer de Matignon — Self2008
Vivement dimanche — Self1998
Téléthon — Self1987
Victoires de la musique — Self1985
Reporters — self1981
Apostrophes — Self1975

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Key facts

Succeeded by: Jacques Bellanger
Preceded by: Laurent Fabius
President: François Mitterrand
Prime minister: Pierre Mauroy , Laurent Fabius
Constituency: Yvelines's 7th
Born: ( 1930-08-23 ) 23 August 1930, Courbevoie , France
Died: 2 July 2016 (2016-07-02) (aged 85), Paris , France
Party: PS (1974–2016)
Other political affiliations: SFIO (till 1967), PSU (1967–1974)
Relations: Yves Rocard (father)
Children: Francis Rocard
Education: Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Alma mater: Sciences Po , ÉNA
Occupation: Civil servant

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Commons category: Michel Rocard
date of birth: 1930-08-23
name in native language: Michel Rocard
date of death: 2016-07-02
birth name: Michel Louis Léon Rocard
pseudonym: Michel Servet
P10632: Q12946
P8168: David Forde

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Michel Rocard AC OQ ( French: [miʃɛl ʁɔkaʁ]; 23 August 1930 – 2 July 2016) was a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991 during which he created the Revenu minimum d'insertion (RMI), a social minimum welfare program for indigents, and achieved the Matignon Accords regarding the status of New Caledonia. He was a member of the European Parliament, and was strongly involved in European policies until 2009. In 2007, he joined a Commission under the authority of Nicolas Sarkozy's Minister of Education, Xavier Darcos.

Early life