Lionel Jospin

Lionel Robert Jospin (born July 12, 1937 in Meudon, a suburb of Paris) is a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997-2002.

Jospin's Ministry, 4 June 1997 - 7 May 2002

• Lionel Jospin - Prime Minister
• Hubert Védrine - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Alain Richard - Minister of Defense
• Jean-Pierre-Chevènement - Minister of the Interior
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn - Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industry
• Martine Aubry - Minister of Employment and Solidarity
• Elisabeth Guigou - Minister of Justice
• Claude Allègre - Minister of National Education, Research, and Technology.
• Catherine Trautmann - Minister of Culture and Communication
• Louis Le Pensec - Minister of Agriculture and Forests
• Dominique Voynet - Minister of Environment and Regional Planning
• Marie-George Buffet - Minister of Youth and Sport
• Jean-Claude Gayssot - Minister of Transport, Housing, and Equipment
• Daniel Vaillant - Minister of Relations with Parliament
• Émile Zuccarelli - Minister of Civil Service, Reform of the State, and Decentralization

Changes

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• 20 October 1998 - Jean Glavany succeeds Le Pensec as Minister of Agriculture and Forests.
• 2 November 1999 - Christian Sautter succeeds Strauss-Kahn as Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industry.
• 28 March 2000 - Laurent Fabius succeeds Sautter as Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industry. Jack Lang succeeds Allègre as Minister of National Education, while Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg succeeds him as Minister of Research and Technology. Catherine Tasca succeeds Trautmann as Minister of Culture and Communication. Michel Sapin succeeds Zuccarelli as Minister of Civil Service and Reform of the State.
• 29 August 2000 - Daniel Vaillant succeeds Chevènement as Minister of the Interior. Jean-Jack Queyranne succeeds Vaillant as Minister of Relations with Parliament.
• 18 October 2000 - Elisabeth Guigou succeeds Aubry as Minister of Employment and Solidarity. Marylise Lebranchu succeeds Guigou as Minister of Justice.
• 10 July 2001 - Yves Cochet succeeds Voynet as Minister of Environment and Regional Planning.
• 25 February 2002 - François Patriat succeeds Glavany as Minister of Agriculture and Forests.