First Secretary of the Socialist Party (France)
First Secretary of the Socialist Party | |
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Premier secrétaire du Parti socialiste | |
Inaugural holder | Alain Savary |
Formation | 17 July 1969 |
Website | www |
The First Secretary of the Socialist Party (French: Premier secrétaire du Parti socialiste) is the most senior politician within the Socialist Party in France. The office has been held by Olivier Faure since 7 April 2018.
List of officeholders[]
Name | Years | Notes | |||
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1st | Alain Savary | ![]() |
17 July 1969 | 16 June 1971 | |
2nd | François Mitterrand | ![]() |
16 June 1971 | 24 January 1981 | Elected President of France in the 1981 election. |
3rd | Lionel Jospin | ![]() |
24 January 1981 | 14 May 1988 | First term as First Secretary. |
4th | Pierre Mauroy | ![]() |
14 May 1988 | 9 January 1992 | Mauroy was Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984. |
5th | Laurent Fabius | ![]() |
9 January 1992 | 3 April 1993 | The party leadership collectively resigned on 3 April 1993, following the Socialist defeat in the 1993 legislative election. Fabius was also Prime Minister of France from 1984 to 1986. |
6th | Michel Rocard | ![]() |
24 October 1993 | 19 June 1994 | Rocard was Prime Minister of France from 1988 to 1991. |
7th | Henri Emmanuelli | ![]() |
19 June 1994 | 14 October 1995 | |
8th | Lionel Jospin | ![]() |
14 October 1995 | 27 November 1997 | Second term, interrupted by his appointment as Prime Minister of France. |
9th | François Hollande | ![]() |
27 November 1997 | 26 November 2008 | Longest-serving First Secretary. Elected President of France in the 2012 presidential election. |
10th | Martine Aubry | ![]() |
26 November 2008[1] | 12 September 2012 | First woman to hold the office. |
11th | Harlem Désir | 12 September 2012 | 15 April 2014 | ||
12th | Jean-Christophe Cambadélis | ![]() |
15 April 2014 | 30 September 2017 | Resigned in the wake of the party's defeat in the 2017 legislative election. |
– | Rachid Temal | ![]() |
30 September 2017 | 7 April 2018 | Served an interim tenure. |
13th | Olivier Faure | ![]() |
7 April 2018 | Incumbent | Elected by acclamation in 29 March 2018, following the withdrawal of Stéphane Le Foll. |
Notes[]
- ^ Harlem Désir temporarily assumed the leadership of Socialist Party from 30 June to 16 October 2011, during Martine Aubry's candidacy for the presidential primaries.
Categories:
- Chairmen of the Socialist Party (France)
- Lists of leaders of political parties