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Born on 20 August 1946 in Paris

Married, with two children

Education

• Ecole Normale Supérieure
• Holder of the agrégation (high-level postgraduate competitive examination for the teaching profession)
• Paris Institut d'Etudes Politiques
• Ecole nationale d'Administration (ENA), "François-Rabelais" year

Career

• Auditeur (1973)
• Maître de requêtes [Legal adviser] (1981) at the Conseil d'Etat
• March 1997-June 1995: First Deputy Mayor of Grand Quevilly (Seine-Maritime)
• March 1978: Elected National Assembly Deputy for Seine-Maritime
• June 1981: Re-elected National Assembly Deputy for Seine-Maritime
• May 1981-March 1983: Minister Delegate, attached to the Minister for the Economy and Finance, with responsibility for the Budget
• March 1983-July 1984: Minister of Industry and Research
• July 1984-March 1986: Prime Minister
• March 1986-June 1988: Re-elected National Assembly Deputy for Seine-Maritime
• March 1986-May 1989: Elected member of Haute-Normandie Regional Council
• June 1988-January 1992: President of the National Assembly
• July 1989- April 1992: Member of the European Parliament
• January 1992-April 1993: First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS)
• March 1992-June 1995: Re-elected member of Haute-Normandie Regional Council
• March 1993: Re-elected National Assembly Deputy for Seine-Maritime
• Since June 1995: Mayor of Grand Quevilly (Seine-Maritime)
• Since December 1995: Chairman of Rouen District Authority
• October 1995-April 1997: Chairman of the Socialist group in the National Assembly.
• 1 June 1997: Re-elected National Assembly Deputy for Seine-Maritime
• 12 June 1997: Re-elected President of the National Assembly
• March 2000: Appointed Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry until May 2002.