Créteil Congress

The Créteil Congress was the eight national congress of the French Socialist Party (Parti socialiste or PS). It took place on January 24, 1981. François Mitterrand was unanimously approved as the party's candidate in the 1981 presidential election, which he would eventually win.

Lionel Jospin was elected as First Secretary.^[1]

References

^ PS Congresses since 1971, France-politique

French Socialist Party

First secretaries	Alain Savary (1969–1971) · François Mitterrand (1971–1981) · Lionel Jospin (1981–1988) · Pierre Mauroy (1988–1992) · Laurent Fabius (1992–1993) · Michel Rocard (1993–1994) · Henri Emmanuelli (1994–1995) · Lionel Jospin (1995–1997) · François Hollande (1997–2008) · Martine Aubry (2008- )

Cabinets	Pierre Mauroy (1981-1984) · Laurent Fabius (1984-1986) · Michel Rocard (1988-1991) · Édith Cresson (1991-1992) · Pierre Bérégovoy (1992-1993) · Lionel Jospin (1997-2002)

Presidential candidates	François Mitterrand (1974) · François Mitterrand (1981) · François Mitterrand (1988) · Lionel Jospin (1995) · Lionel Jospin (2002) · Ségolène Royal (2007) · François Hollande (2012)

Presidential primairies	Socialist Party presidential primary, 1995 · Socialist Party presidential primary, 2006 · Socialist Party presidential primary, 2011

National Conferences	Alfortville Congress (May 1969) · Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress (July 1969) · Epinay Congress (1971) · Grenoble Congress (1973) · Pau Congress (1975) · Nantes Congress (1977) · Metz Congress (1979) · Créteil Congress (January 1981) · Valence Congress (October 1981) · Bourg-en-Bresse Congress (1983) · Toulouse Congress (1985) · Lille Congress (1987) · Rennes Congress (1990) · Grande Arche Congress (1991) · Bordeaux Congress (1992) · Bourget Congress (1993) · Liévin Congress (1994) · Brest Congress (1997) · Second Grenoble Congress (2000) · Dijon Congress (2003) · Le Mans Congress (2005) · Reims Congress (2008)

Factions	Aubryists · Royalists · Delanoistes · Fabiusians · New Socialist Party · Eco-socialists · Utopia