Rocard, Michel

Rocard, Michel

▪ premier of France
born August 23, 1930, Courbevoie, France

      French public servant and politician who was premier of France from 1988 to 1991.

      Upon graduating from the elite National School of Administration, Rocard became an inspector of finances in 1958 and subsequently rose to high posts in the government accounting service. He was early active in socialist politics, and in 1967 he became head of the small Unified Socialist Party, running unsuccessfully for the French presidency in 1969. He served in the National Assembly from 1969 to 1973 and from 1978 to 1981.

      In 1974 he, along with most of his party's membership, joined the larger Socialist Party, which was led by François Mitterrand. When Mitterrand was elected president of France in 1981, Rocard served successively as minister of planning and regional development (1981–83) and as minister of agriculture (1983–85), performing very ably in the latter post. When Mitterrand was reelected president in May 1988, he asked Rocard to be premier. Rocard formed a government that remained a minority one after the Socialists failed to win a parliamentary majority in the legislative elections of June 1988. Rocard was noted for his economic expertise and pursued pragmatic policies as premier. Mitterrand replaced Rocard in May 1991 with Edith Cresson, who became France's first woman premier.

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