Henri Emmanuelli

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Henri Emmanuelli

Henri Emmanuelli (born on May 31, 1945) is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party (Parti socialiste or PS), he has been deputy for Landes from 1978 to 1981, from 1986 to 1997 and since 2000.

He was nominated Secretary of State to Overseas in 1981, to Budget in 1983, to Consumption between 1984 and 1986. He was chairman of the National Assembly from 1992 to 1993 after Laurent Fabius stepped down, following his nomination as the leader of the socialist party. Emmanuelli became the party's First Secretary in 1994. He was defeated by Lionel Jospin in the race to represent the Socialists at the 1995 presidential election. Jospin also took on the role of First Secretary of the Party at this time.

One year later, he was convicted for the illicit financing of the PS when he was its treasurer. He re-entered politics in 2000.

Whilst he was a faithful supporter of François Mitterrand until the latter's death, he is identified as belonging to the left-wing of the PS, and was one of the leaders of the party's "New World" faction formed in 2002 which aimed to steer the party leftwards after Jospin's poor performance in that year's presidential election. He campaigned for a "no" vote in the May 29, 2005 referendum on the European constitution.

Preceded by Laurent Fabius	President of the National Assembly 1992–1993	Succeeded by Philippe Séguin
Preceded by Michel Rocard	First Secretary of the Socialist Party 1994–1995	Succeeded by Lionel Jospin