Michel Rocard, French politician

Michel Rocard (born August 23, 1930) is a French Socialist politician, former French Prime minister, and currently a member of the European Parliament. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...

Career

He was born at Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine) in a Protestant family, son of the nuclear physicist Yves Rocard. He entered politics as a student leader whilst studying at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration. A finance inspector (senior official) and anti-colonialist, he went to Algeria and wrote a report regarding the widely unknown refugee camps. This report was leaked to the newspapers Le Monde and France Observateur in April 1959, almost costing Rocard his job. Bridge of Courbevoie, Georges Seurat, 1886-1887. ... Hauts-de-Seine is a département in France. ... Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing a split from the Roman Catholic Church during the mid to late Renaissance in Europe —a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ... Yves-André Rocard (born Vannes May 22, 1903; died Paris March 16, 1992) was a French physicist who helped develop the atomic bomb for France. ... The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Ideology Elections Elections by country Elections by calender Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by... The École nationale dadministration (generally known as ENA) is the school where many of France senior officials are instructed. ... Finance studies and addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses and organizations raise, allocate and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects. ... World map of colonialism circa 1945. ... Le Monde is a French daily evening newspaper with a circulation in 2002 of 389,200. ... Le Nouvel Observateur is a weekly French news magazine. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He led the Unified Socialist Party (PSU, left socialists) from 1967 to 1974. Elected in National Assembly in 1969, he stood in the 1969 Presidential elections. After his run for re-election as a representative in 1973, he joined, one year later, François Mitterrand and the Parti Socialiste. Most of the PSU members and a part of trade-union "second left" followed him. The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ... François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (October 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996;   pronunciation?) was a French politician. ... Socialist Party is the name of several different socialist political parties around the world. ...

Elected Mayor of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine in 1977 and representative of the Yvelines département in the French National Assembly in 1978, he led the opposition to François Mitterrand inside the French Socialist Party, as a candidate of the right wing of the party, but was unsuccessful in seeking the socialist nomination for 1981 presidency. Yvelines is a French département in the région of ÃŽle-de-France. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ... The Palais Bourbon, front The French National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale) is one of the two houses of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (October 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996;   pronunciation?) was a French politician. ... The emblem of the French Socialist Party The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste or PS), founded in 1969, is the main opposition party in France. ...

Under Mitterand's first presidency, he was Minister of Regional and Economical Planning from 1981 to 1983 and Agriculture Minister from 1983 to 1985. After Mitterrand's re-election, he was Prime Minister (1988-1991) and led the Matignon Accords regarding the status of New Caledonia, which ended the troubles in this overseas territory. A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ... Regional planning is a branch of planning that deals with the design and efficient placement of activities and infrastrucutre across a significantly large area of land. ... U.S. Economic Calendar Economics at the Open Directory Project Economics textbooks on Wikibooks The Economists Economics A-Z Institutions and organizations Bureau of Labor Statistics - from the American Labor Department Center for Economic and Policy Research (USA) National Bureau of Economic Research (USA) - Economics material from the organization... A Plan is a proposed or intended method of getting from one set of circumstances to another. ... This page is a list of French prime ministers. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Matignon Accords of 1936 were an agreement between the French government, employers and labour guaranteeing trade union membership and negotiating rights, a 40-hour working week and paid workers holidays. ...

After the 1993 electoral disaster, he became head of Socialist Party, but had to resign one year later, after his own defeat: the Socialist Party had its worst electoral result in the 1994 European Parliament election.

Michel Rocard then lost his last chance to run for president in 1995. Elected Senator of Yvelines in 1995, he resigned two years later.

Since 1999, he has been a member of the European Parliament, and was chairman of Foreign affairs, human rights and defense commission from 1999 to 2004. Michel Rocard is known for his hostility for the proposed directives to allow software patents in Europe, and has been an outspoken opponent of what he considers to be sneaky manoeuvres to force the decision on this issue. He has thus played an instrumental role in causing the rejection of the recent directive seeking to enforce software patents on July 6, 2005. The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... The European Union (EU) Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (2002/0047/COD) was a proposal for an EU law which aimed to harmonise EU national patent laws and practices, which involved the granting of patents for computer-implemented inventions provided they meet certain criteria. ... Software patents and patents on computer-implemented inventions (CII) are a class of patents and one of many legal aspects of computing. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Rocard's Ministry, 12 May 1988–15 May 1991

• Michel Rocard - Prime Minister
• Roland Dumas - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Edith Cresson - Minister of European Affairs
• Jean-Pierre Chevènement - Minister of Defense
• Pierre Joxe - Minister of the Interior
• Pierre Bérégovoy - Minister of Economy, Finance, Budget, and Privatization
• Roger Fauroux - Minister of Industry
• Michel Delebarre - Minister of Employment and Social Affairs
• Pierre Arpaillange - Minister of Justice
• Lionel Jospin - Minister of National Education, Sport, Research, and Technology
• Jack Lang - Minister of Culture and Communication
• Henri Nallet - Minister of Agriculture and Forests
• Maurice Faure - Minister of Housing and Equipment
• Louis Mermaz - Minister of Transport
• Jean Poperen - Minister of Relations with Parliament
• Jacques Pelletier - Minister of Cooperation and Development
• Paul Quilès - Minister of Posts, Telecommunications, and Space
• Michel Durafour - Minister of Civil Service
• Roger Fauroux - Minister of External Commerce
• Louis Le Pensec - Minister of Sea

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• 22-23 June 1988 - Michel Delebarre succeeds Mermaz as Minister of Transport and Le Pensec as Minister of Sea. The office of Minister of Social Affairs is abolished, but Claude Evin enters the ministry as Minister of Solidarity, Health, and Social Protection. Jean-Pierre Soisson succeeds Delebarre as Minister of Employment, becoming also Minister of Labour and Vocational Training. Louis Le Pensec becomes Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories. Jean-Marie-Rausch succeeds Fauroux as Minister of External Commerce. Hubert Curien succeeds Jospin as Minister of Research and Technology. Jospin remains Minister of National Education and Sport. Michel Durafour becomes Minister of Administrative Reforms as well as Minister of Civil Service.
• 28 June 1988 - Jack Lang becomes Minister of Great Works and Bicentenary in addition to being Minister of Culture and Communication.
• 22 February 1989 - Michel Delebarre succeeds Faure as Minister of Housing and Equipment, remaining also Minister of Transport.
• 2 October 1990 - The office of Minister of European Affairs is abolished. Henri Nallet succeeds Arpaillange as Minister of Justice. Louis Mermaz succeeds Nallet as Minister of Agriculture and Forests. The office of Minister of Bicentenary is abolished. Jack Lang remains minister of Culture, Communication and Great Works.
• 21 December 1990 - Michel Delebarre becomes Minister of City. Louis Besson succeeds Delebarre as Minister of Transport, Housing, Sea, and Equipment.
• 29 January 1991 - Pierre Joxe succeeds Chevènement as Minister of Defense. Philippe Marchand succeeds Joxe as Minister of the Interior.

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External links

• Speech of Michel Rocard denouncing the methods of some who push for software patents in Europe (in French)
• Michel Rocard's syndicated op/ed column

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