Former French PM Lionel Jospin dies at 88

Record ID: 2369801

  • Title: Former French PM Lionel Jospin dies at 88
  • Date: 23rd March 2026
  • Summary: In 2012, President Francois Hollande appointed Jospin head of his Commission on renewal and ethics in public life, tasked with cleaning up French politics from corruption. Having won plaudits for his professionalism, he had largely avoided the scandals and sleaze that sullied many of his opponents in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 9,
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  • Keywords: 1990s French Prime Minister French politics Jacques Chirac Lionel Jospin
  • Location: PARIS, LILLE & RENNES, FRANCE / BONN, GERMANY
  • City: PARIS, LILLE & RENNES, FRANCE / BONN, GERMANY
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Europe,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA005723416012026RP1
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  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: PROFANITY CAN BE HEARD IN SHOT 39
    Former French Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin died at age 88 on Monday (March 23).
    Jospin was head of government under the center-right President Jacques Chirac from 1997 to 2002 during cohabitation, a term used in France when the president and the prime minister come from opposing camps.
    (Production: Lewis Macdonald)
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