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(b. Cartignies, 5 July 1928) French; Prime Minister 1981 – 4, first secretary of the Parti Socialiste 1988 – 92, President of the Socialist International 1992 – 99 The son of a primary schoolteacher, Mauroy became a technical education teacher and national secretary of the Young Socialists 1950 – 8. "Le gros quinquin", he was a product of the socialism of northern France. He was elected federal secretary of the Nord in 1961 and to the National Bureau of the Socialist Party in 1963. As the leader of one of the biggest socialist federations he was well placed to succeed the ageing leader Guy Mollet and was elected deputy secretary-general in 1966. However, he failed to take the leadership by one vote in 1969 when Mollet did step down and in 1971 was leader of the coalition which brought Mitterrand to the head of the new Parti Socialiste. In 1971 he became mayor of Lille and in 1973 was elected to the Assembly from Lille. Despite Mauroy's support for Mitterrand he was temperamentally a social democrat and joined his old friend Rocard in opposition to Mitterrand in 1979. This caused his stock to fall, although he was never totally out of favour. He played a prominent role in the 1981 elections and was made Prime Minister after the Socialist victory. He was at first in charge of a "dash for growth strategy" which he rapidly came to see as unrealistic and lobbied the President (with others) for a less reflationary strategy. A U-turn came about in 1983 and for the next year he promoted a programme of restructuring and cutbacks. The fiasco of the attempt to integrate church schools into the state system (Alain Savary's bill) led him to tearfully submit his resignation in July 1984. In 1988 he became first secretary of the Parti Socialiste, a candidate acceptable to all factions, but the wearing in-fighting led him to stand down in 1992.

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Mauroy, Pierre (pyĕr môrwä'), 1928-, French politician. Educated at the École National d'Apprentissage de Cachan, he was a teacher and an active member of the new Socialist party from the 1960s. During the 1970s, he was second only to François Mitterrand in the party. As premier from 1982 to 1984, his policies were left wing, but his credibility did not survive when Mitterrand moved economically to the right and Laurent Fabius became premier. Mauroy defeated Fabius for the party leadership in 1988 and worked to unify the party for future elections until he was replaced by Fabius in 1992.
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Pierre Mauroy

157th Prime Minister of France
8th Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic
In office
22 May 1981 – 17 July 1984
President François Mitterrand
Preceded by Raymond Barre
Succeeded by Laurent Fabius
Born 5 July 1928 (1928-07-05) (age 81)
Cartignies, Nord
Political party Socialist
Occupation Educator
Civil Servant
Religion Roman Catholic
Lionel Jospin and Pierre Mauroy, 17 October 2000.

Pierre Mauroy (born 5 July 1928) is a French Socialist politician. He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1984 and also served as Mayor of Lille from 1973 to 2001. Mauroy is currently emeritus mayor of Lille.

Mauroy was born in Cartignies. A teacher, he led the Socialist Young Movement and the Technique Teaching Union in the 1950s. He became a leading figure in the Socialist federation of Nord département, which was among the third biggest of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) party and climbed quickly in the party. In 1966, he became number 2 of the party behind the secretary general, Guy Mollet. Nevertheless, when Mollet resigned as leader in 1969, Alain Savary was chosen to succeed him.

After the electoral disasters of 1968 and 1969, he was persuaded of the necessity to renew the party. In 1971, during the Epinay Congress, he supported François Mitterrand's advent and became the number 2 in the Socialist Party (PS). Two years later, he was elected as a deputy and Mayor of Lille.

Progressively, he criticized the ejection of former SFIO members from the important functions in aid of Mitterrand's friends. In this, he formed an alliance with Michel Rocard, the main opponent of Mitterrand, during the 1979 Metz Congress. However, Mitterrand chose him as spokesperson during the 1981 presidential campaign; after Mitterrand's election, he appointed Mauroy as Prime Minister.

His cabinet introduced social reforms including reduction of the working time to 39 hours, retirement at 60 years and a rise in allowances. However, he advocated the abandonment of the socialist economic policy, which was ratified by President Mitterrand in March 1983. Failing to restrict the financing of private schools, he resigned in 1984.

In 1988, he became First Secretary of the PS against the will of Mitterrand, who supported Laurent Fabius. Until the end of his term, in 1992, he tried to appease the relations between the clans which composed the PS, notably during the very strained 1990 Rennes Congress. He allied with the rocardien group and Lionel Jospin's supporters, who came from the mitterrandist group.

President of the Socialist International from 1992 to 1999, Senator since 1992, he left the Lille belfry in 2001. Considered a moral authority of the French Left, he supported the candidacy of Ségolène Royal during the 2007 primary election.

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Political career

Governmental functions

Prime minister : 1981-1984

Electoral mandates

Member of the National Assembly of France for Nord (department) : 1973-1981 (Became Prime minister in 1981) / 1984-1992 (Became senator in 1992)

Senator of Nord (department) : Since 1992

Member of European Parliament : 1979-1980

President of the Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais : 1974-1981

Regional councillor of Nord-Pas-de-Calais : 1986-1988

Mayor of Lille : 1973-2001

Deputy-mayor of Lille : 1971-1973

Municipal councillor of Lille : 2001-2008

Vice-president of the General Council of Nord (department) : 1967-1973

President of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole : 1989-2008

Vice-president of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole : 1971-1989

Political function

First Secretary (leader) of the Socialist Party (France) : 1988-1992

Mauroy's First Government, 22 May 1981 – 23 June 1981

Mauroy's Second Government, 23 June 1981 - 22 March 1983

  • Pierre Mauroy - Prime Minister
  • Claude Cheysson - Minister of External Relations
  • Charles Hernu - Minister of Defense
  • Gaston Defferre - Minister of the Interior and Decentralization
  • Jacques Delors - Minister of Economy
  • Catherine Lalumière - Minister of Consumption
  • Pierre Dreyfus - Minister of Industry
  • Jean Auroux - Minister of Labour
  • Marcel Rigout - Minister of Voational Training
  • Robert Badinter - Minister of Justice
  • Alain Savary - Minister of National Education
  • Jean Laurain - Minister of Veterans
  • Jack Lang - Minister of Culture
  • Édith Cresson - Minister of Agriculture
  • Michel Crépeau - Minister of Environment
  • André Henry - Minister of Free Time
  • Charles Fiterman - Minister of Transport
  • Jacques Ralite - Minister of Health
  • Roger Quilliot - Minister of Town Planning and Housing
  • Georges Fillioud - Minister of Communication
  • Louis Mexandeau - Minister of Posts
  • Michel Rocard - Minister of Planning and Regional Planning
  • André Delelis - Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry
  • Michel Jobert - Minister of External Commerce
  • Jean-Pierre Chevènement - Minister of Research and Technology
  • Nicole Questiaux - Minister of National Solidarity
  • Louis Le Pensec - Minister of the Sea

Changes

Mauroy's Third Government, 22 March 1983 - 17 July 1984

Changes

  • 4 October 1983 - Paul Quilès succeeds Quiliot as Minister of Town Planning and Housing.
  • 18 December 1983 - Roland Dumas enters the Cabinet as Minister of European Affairs.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Raymond Barre		 Prime Minister of France
1981–1984		 Succeeded by
Laurent Fabius
Party political offices
Preceded by
Lionel Jospin		 First Secretary of the French Socialist Party
1988–1991		 Succeeded by
Laurent Fabius
Preceded by
Willy Brandt		 President of the Socialist International
1992-1999		 Succeeded by
António Guterres
v • d • e
French Socialist Party
First secretaries
Alain Savary (1969–1971) · François Mitterrand (1971–1981) · Lionel Jospin (1981–1988)  · Pierre Mauroy (1988–1992) · Laurent Fabius (1992–1993) · Michel Rocard (1993–1994) · Henri Emmanuelli (1994–1995) · Lionel Jospin (1995–1997) · François Hollande (1997–2008) · Martine Aubry (2008- )
National Conferences
Alfortville Congress (May 1969)  · Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress (July 1969) · Epinay Congress (1971) · Grenoble Congress (1973) · Pau Congress (1975) · Nantes Congress (1977) · Metz Congress (1979) · Créteil Congress (January 1981) · Valence Congress (October 1981) · Bourg-en-Bresse Congress (1983) · Toulouse Congress (1985) · Lille Congress (1987) · Rennes Congress (1990) · Grande Arche Congress (1991) · Bordeaux Congress (1992) · Bourget Congress (1993) · Liévin Congress (1994) · Brest Congress (1997) · Second Grenoble Congress (2000) · Dijon Congress (2003) · Le Mans Congress (2005) · Reims Congress (2008)

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