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Lionel Jospin

1937 – 2026 · aged 89

93rd Prime Minister of France (1997–2002)

Born
12 Jul 1937 · Meudon
Died
22 Mar 2026 · 15th arrondissement of Paris
Part ofReformed Christianity1484 – today

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Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 102 years
  1. 12 Jul 1937BornBorn in Meudon
  2. 1981 – 1988RoleFirst Secretary of the French Socialist Party
  3. 1984 – 1988RoleMember of the European Parliament
  4. 1988 – 1992RoleFrench Education Minister
  5. 1988 – 1991RoleMinister of Youth Affairs and Sports
  6. 1990AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  7. 1992AwardCommander of the French Order of Academic Palms
  8. 1995 – 1997RoleFirst Secretary of the French Socialist Party
  9. 1997 – 2002RolePrime Minister of France
  10. 1997AwardGrand Cross of the National Order of Merit
  11. 1997AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Wissam Alaouite
  12. 1998AwardOfficer of the National Order of Quebec
  13. 1999AwardOrder of the Star of Romania
  14. 2000AwardGrand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
  15. 2000AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
  16. 2000AwardHonorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain
  17. 2000AwardOrder of Bethlehem
  18. 2001AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary
  19. 2004AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Chile
  20. 2014 – 2019RoleMember of the Consitutional council
  21. 22 Mar 2026DiedDied in 15th arrondissement of Paris

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1937 – 2026).

  1. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  2. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1938Munich Agreement
  4. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  5. 1939 – 1945World War II
  6. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  7. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  8. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  9. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  10. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  11. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  12. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  13. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  15. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  16. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  18. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  19. 1956Suez Crisis
  20. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  22. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  24. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  26. 1968Prague Spring
  27. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  28. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  29. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  30. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  32. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  33. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  34. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  35. 1985Schengen Agreement
  36. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  37. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  38. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  40. 19941994 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Lionel Robert Jospin (French: [ljɔnɛl ʁɔbɛʁ ʒɔspɛ̃]; 12 July 1937 – 22 March 2026) was a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002. Jospin was first secretary of the Socialist Party from 1995 to 1997 and the party's candidate for president in the 1995 and 2002 elections. In 1995, he was narrowly defeated in the second round by Jacques Chirac. In 2002, he was eliminated in the first round after finishing behind both Chirac and Jean-Marie Le Pen, prompting him to announce his retirement from politics. In 2015, he was appointed to the Constitutional Council by National Assembly President Claude Bartolone.

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