Former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin Dead at 88 - The State Signal

Former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin Dead at 88

ByThe State Signal Staff

FRANCE – The former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin died on Monday at age 88, according to local reports.

The Socialist leader served as prime minister in a left-wing coalition government from 1997 to 2002.

Jospin was also twice a Socialist candidate in the presidential election.

During his tenure as premier, considered the architect of the “plural left,” he implemented reforms including the 35-hour workweek, the five-year presidential term, the law on gender parity in politics, and the PACS (civil solidarity pact).

He retired from political life after being eliminated in the first round of the 2002 presidential election.

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