Daniel Vaillant

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Daniel Vaillant in January 2006
Daniel Vaillant in January 2006

Daniel Vaillant (born July 19, 1949) is a French Socialist politician.

Deputy and mayor of the 18th district of Paris, he is close to Lionel Jospin. When this one led the cabinet, he was Minister of the Relations with Parliament from 1997 to 2000, then Interior Minister from 2000 to 2002. He called, in vain, a Lionel Jospin's come back for the 2007 presidential election.


Preceded by
Jean-Pierre Chevènement
Minister of the Interior
2000-2002
Succeeded by
Nicolas Sarkozy
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