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Michel Rocard
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Person

Michel Rocard

1930 – 2016 · aged 86

French politician (1930–2016)

Born
23 Aug 1930 · Courbevoie
Died
2 Jul 2016 · Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Part ofReformed Christianity1484 – today

Life timeline

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

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  1. 23 Aug 1930BornBorn in Courbevoie
  2. 1969 – 1973RoleMember of the French National Assembly
  3. 1977 – 1994RoleMayor of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
  4. 1978 – 1981RoleMember of the French National Assembly
  5. 1981RoleMember of the French National Assembly
  6. 1983 – 1984RoleMinister of Agriculture of France
  7. 1984 – 1985RoleMinister of Agriculture of France
  8. 1986 – 1988RoleMember of the French National Assembly
  9. 1988 – 1991RolePrime Minister of France
  10. 1988RoleMember of the French National Assembly
  11. 1992AwardHonorary Companion of the Order of Australia
  12. 1994 – 1999RoleMember of the European Parliament
  13. 1995 – 1997RoleSenator of the French Fifth Republic
  14. 1999 – 2004RoleMember of the European Parliament
  15. 2000AwardOfficer of the National Order of Quebec
  16. 2004 – 2009RoleMember of the European Parliament
  17. 2005AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  18. 2013AwardHonorary doctorate at the Laval University
  19. 2015AwardGrand Cross of the National Order of Merit
  20. 2015AwardGrand Cross of the Legion of Honour
  21. 2 Jul 2016DiedDied in Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1930 – 2016).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Michel Rocard (French: [miʃɛl ʁɔkaʁ]; 23 August 1930 – 2 July 2016) was a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991 during which he created the Revenu minimum d'insertion (RMI), a social minimum welfare program for indigents, and achieved the Matignon Accords regarding the status of New Caledonia. He was a member of the European Parliament, and was strongly involved in European policies until 2009. In 2007, he joined a Commission under the authority of Nicolas Sarkozy's Minister of Education, Xavier Darcos.

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