Michel Rocard

Michel Rocard AC OQ
Rocard in 2012
Member of the French Senate for Yvelines
In office 24 September 1995 – 18 November 1997
Succeeded by	Jacques Bellanger
Member of the European Parliament
In office 19 July 1994 – 31 January 2009
First Secretary of the Socialist Party
In office 24 October 1993 – 19 June 1994
Preceded by	Laurent Fabius
Succeeded by	Henri Emmanuelli
Prime Minister of France
In office 10 May 1988 – 15 May 1991
President	François Mitterrand
Preceded by	Jacques Chirac
Succeeded by	Édith Cresson
Minister of Agriculture
In office 22 March 1983 – 4 April 1985
Prime Minister	Pierre Mauroy Laurent Fabius
Preceded by	Édith Cresson
Succeeded by	Henri Nallet
Minister of Territorial Development
In office 22 May 1981 – 22 March 1983
Prime Minister	Pierre Mauroy
Preceded by	Fernand Icart
Succeeded by	Gaston Defferre
Mayor of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
In office 25 March 1977 – 19 July 1994
Preceded by	Gilbert Legrand
Succeeded by	Jean-Paul Huchon
Member of the National Assembly for Yvelines
In office 23 June 1988 – 23 July 1988
Preceded by	Proportional representation
Succeeded by	Jean Guigné
Constituency	Yvelines's 7th
In office 2 April 1986 – 14 May 1988
Preceded by	Proportional representation
Succeeded by	End of proportional representation
Constituency	Yvelines
In office 3 April 1978 – 24 July 1981
Preceded by	Gérard Godon
Succeeded by	Martine Frachon
Constituency	Yvelines's 3rd
In office 27 October 1969 – 1 April 1973
Preceded by	Pierre Clostermann
Succeeded by	Marc Lauriol
Constituency	Yvelines's 4th
Personal details
Born	(1930-08-23)23 August 1930 Courbevoie, France
Died	2 July 2016(2016-07-02) (aged 85) Paris, France
Political party	PS (1974–2016)
Other political affiliations	SFIO (till 1967) PSU (1967–1974)
Relations	Yves Rocard (father)
Children	Francis Rocard
Education	Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Alma mater	Sciences Po, ÉNA
Occupation	Civil servant

Michel Rocard AC OQ (French: [miʃɛl ʁɔkaʁ]; 23 August 1930 – 2 July 2016) was a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991 during which he created the Revenu minimum d'insertion (RMI), a social minimum welfare program for indigents, and achieved the Matignon Accords regarding the status of New Caledonia. He was a member of the European Parliament, and was strongly involved in European policies until 2009. In 2007, he joined a Commission under the authority of Nicolas Sarkozy's Minister of Education, Xavier Darcos.^[1]