Jospin government

Jospin government
27th Government of France
Lionel Jospin
Date formed	2 June 1997
Date dissolved	6 May 2002
People and organisations
Head of state	Jacques Chirac
Head of government	Lionel Jospin
No. of ministers	14
Member party	Plural Left
Status in legislature	Majority 319 / 577 (55%)
History
Predecessor	Second Juppé government
Successor	First Raffarin government

The Jospin government was the 27th government in the Fifth Republic of France. It was formed on 2 June 1997 by the decree of President Jacques Chirac.^[1] It was composed of members from the Socialist Party, Communist Party, Radical Party of the Left, The Greens and Movement of Citizens. It was dissolved on 6 May 2002 with the appointment of Jean-Pierre Raffarin as the new Prime Minister.

Prime Minister[edit]

	Post	Name	Party
	Prime Minister	Lionel Jospin	PS

Ministers[edit]

	Post	Name	Party
	Minister of Employment and Solidarity	Martine Aubry	PS
	Minister of Justice Keeper of the Seals	Élisabeth Guigou	PS
	Minister of National Education	Claude Allègre	PS
	Minister of the Interior	Jean-Pierre Chevènement (until 3 September 1998)[2]	MDC
		Jean-Jack Queyranne (until 30 December 1998)[2]	PS
		Jean-Pierre Chevènement	MDC
	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Hubert Védrine	PS
	Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry	Dominique Strauss-Kahn (until 2 November 1999)[3]	PS
		Christian Sautter	PS
	Minister of Defense	Alain Richard	PS
	Minister of Equipment, Transport and Housing	Jean-Claude Gayssot	PCF
	Minister of Culture and Communication Government Spokesperson (until 30 March 1998)[4]	Catherine Trautmann	PS
	Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Louis Le Pensec (until 20 October 1998)[5]	PS
		Jean Glavany	PS
	Minister of Land Planning and Environment	Dominique Voynet	LV
	Minister for the Relation with the Parliament	Daniel Vaillant	PS
	Minister of Civil Service, State Reform and Decentralization	Émile Zuccarelli	PRG
	Minister of Youth and Sports	Marie-George Buffet	PCF

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