First Secretary of the French Socialist Party
First Secretary of the Socialist Party | |
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Incumbent Position Vacant since 18 June 2017 | |
Inaugural holder | Alain Savary |
Formation | 17 July 1969 |
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The First Secretary of the Socialist Party is the most senior politician within the Socialist Party in France. The office was held by Jean-Christophe Cambadélis from 16 April 2014 to 18 June 2017 when he stepped down in the wake of the party's defeat in the parliamentary elections.
List of First Secretaries of Socialist Party
Name | Years | Notes | ||||
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1st | Alain Savary | 17 July 1969 | 16 June 1971 | |||
2nd | François Mitterrand | 16 June 1971 | 24 January 1981 | Elected President of the French Republic on 10 May 1981 | ||
3rd | Lionel Jospin | 24 January 1981 | 14 May 1988 | First term as First Secretary | ||
4th | Pierre Mauroy | 14 May 1988 | 9 January 1992 | Mauroy was Prime Minister from 1981 to 1984. | ||
5th | Laurent Fabius | 9 January 1992 | 3 April 1993 | The party leadership resigned collectively on 3 April 1993, following defeat of the party in legislative elections. Fabius was also Prime Minister from 1984 to 1986. | ||
6th | Michel Rocard | 24 October 1993 | 19 June 1994 | Rocard was PM from 1988 to 1991. | ||
7th | Henri Emmanuelli | 19 June 1994 | 14 October 1995 | |||
8th | Lionel Jospin | 14 October 1995 | 27 November 1997 | Second term, interrupted by his appointment as PM | ||
9th | François Hollande | 27 November 1997 | 26 November 2008 | Longest-serving leader of the Socialist Party. Elected President of the French Republic on 6 May 2012 | ||
10th | Martine Aubry | 26 November 2008[1] | 12 September 2012 | First woman to hold this office | ||
11th | Harlem Désir | 12 September 2012 | 15 April 2014 | First non-white person to hold this office | ||
12th | Jean-Christophe Cambadélis | 15 April 2014 | 18 June 2017 | Resigned in the wake of the party's defeat in the parliamentary elections. |
Notes
- ↑ Harlem Désir temporarily assumed the leadership of Socialist Party from 30 June to 16 October 2011, during Martine Aubry's candidacy for the presidential primaries.
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