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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Courbevoie
- Place of death
- 13th arrondissement of Paris
- Father
- Yves Rocard
- Occupation
- official
- Position held
- politician
- Educated at
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand
- Political party
- Unified Socialist Party
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Reformed Christianity
- Image
- Michel Rocard16.JPG
- Work location
- Paris
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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
- cause of death
- cancer
- pseudonym
- Michel Servet
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- French
- place of burial
- Monticello
- candidacy in election
- 1969 French presidential election
- P10632
- Q12946
- P8168
- David Forde
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Encyclopedic overview
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
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