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Laurent Fabius
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In office
17 July 1984 – 20 March 1986
Preceded by Pierre Mauroy
Succeeded by Jacques Chirac
Born 20 August 1946
Paris
Political party Socialist

Laurent Fabius (born 20 August 1946) is a former Socialist Prime Minister of France. He led the government from 17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986. He was 37 years old when he was appointed and is, so far, the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic.

[edit] Life and work

Fabius was born in Paris, France, the son of a wealthy Jewish art dealer, and a secular Catholic mother.

After his studies, he became an auditor for the Council of State. He was first elected to the French National Assembly in 1978 as of the Socialist Party candidate for the fourth consistuency of Seine Maritime. He quickly gained entry to the circle of François Mitterrand, the leader of the party.

When Mitterrand was elected President of France in 1981, Fabius was nominated Minister of the Budget. Two years later, he became Minister of Industry then Prime Minister in 1984. He advocated a new French socialism which accepts the market economy. He resigned after the Socialist defeat in the 1986 legislative election.

He came to be seen as Lionel Jospin's rival to be Mitterrand's heir. He failed to win the First Secretaryship of the party in 1988 and 1990 (Rennes Congress) in spite of Mitterrand's support. Installed as President of the National Assembly in 1988 (at 41 years of age, the equal youngest in the history of the lower house), he succeeded finally in becoming First Secretary of the party in 1992, but resigned after the Socialist disaster of the 1993 legislative election.

Symbol of a "modern" French socialism, he was weakened by the "infected blood scandal". His government was accused of having knowingly let doctors give haemophiliacs transfusions of blood infected by the AIDS virus. A judicial process similar to Impeachment acquitted him of all personal moral responsibility in the matter but he has never been absolved by public opinion.

He came back as President of the National Assembly in 1997, then as Minister of Economy between 2000 and 2002. After the retirement of Lionel Jospin, he hoped to return as Socialist leader but he failed. He declared that his mind was changed about a number of matters and he joined the left-wing of the party.

In this position he was the leader of the defeated no camp in the vote that took place among the members of his party on 1 December 2004, to decide the stance that the party would take on the impending Referendum on the European Constitution. He went on to lead the rebel faction of the party advocating a no vote in the 2005 Referendum, and was seen as the spearhead of the whole no campaign in France. After the no vote won, the party leader gave an assurance that he could remain in the party though he was dismissed from the party's National Executive Committee.

He was a candidate in the Socialist Party's primary election to be the party's candidate in the 2007 presidential election, but finished third, behind Ségolène Royal, the winner, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

[edit] External links

[edit] Fabius's Ministry, 19 July 1984 - 20 March 1986

Changes

Preceded by:
Jean-Pierre Chevènement 		Minister of Industry
1983–1984 		Succeeded by:
Edith Cresson
Minister of Research
1983–1984 		Succeeded by:
Hubert Curien
Preceded by:
Pierre Mauroy 		Prime Minister of France
1984–1986 		Succeeded by:
Jacques Chirac
Preceded by:
Jacques Chaban-Delmas 		President of the National Assembly
1988–1992 		Succeeded by:
Henri Emmanuelli
Preceded by:
Pierre Mauroy 		First Secretary of the Socialist Party
1992–1993 		Succeeded by:
Michel Rocard
Preceded by:
Philippe Séguin 		President of the National Assembly
1997–2000 		Succeeded by:
Raymond Forni
Preceded by:
Christian Sautter 		Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry
2000–2002 		Succeeded by:
Francis Mer


Prime Ministers of the French Fifth Republic

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Michel Debré  • Georges Pompidou • Maurice Couve de Murville • Jacques Chaban-Delmas • Pierre Messmer • Jacques Chirac  • Raymond Barre • Pierre Mauroy  • Laurent Fabius • Jacques Chirac • Michel Rocard • Édith Cresson • Pierre Bérégovoy  • Édouard Balladur • Alain Juppé • Lionel Jospin • Jean-Pierre Raffarin • Dominique de Villepin

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