Awarded honorary doctor of the Nankai University (2016).
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Laurent Pierre Emmanuel Fabius is a French politician who has served in a number of capacities, most recently as president of the Constitutional Council from 2016 to 2025. A member of the Socialist Party, he previously served as Prime Minister of France from 17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986. Fabius was 37 years old when he was appointed and is, after Gabriel Attal, the second youngest prime minister…
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Born 20 August 1946 · Q217070
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Nankai University (2016).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2015).
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2014–2016).
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2014–2014).
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012–2012).
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012–2014).
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (2012–2012).
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (2007–2012).
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (2002–2007).
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Career landmark: Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (2000–2002).
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Then as Minister of Economy and Finance in Lionel Jospin's cabinet between 2000 and 2002
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1997–2000).
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Awarded Prix du livre politique (1996).
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Career landmark: Mayor of Le Grand-Quevilly (1995–2000).
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1993–1997).
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But resigned after the Socialist disaster of the 1993 legislative election
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Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (1989–1992).
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Was elected to the European Parliament where he served on the Committee on Institutional Affairs, while simultaneously remaining President of the National Assembly
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And 1990 (Rennes Congress) in spite of Mitterrand's support
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1988–1993).
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(at 41 years of age, the equal youngest in the history of the lower house)
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1986–1988).
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A vocational baccalaureat was established
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As a means of upholding the rights of homosexuals, the penal code was amended to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of "moral habits" which included sexual orientation, which also secured the right to same-sex relati
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The Fabius Government universalised the congé
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The Fabius Government increased the wealth tax to provide subsidies for organisations providing basic services such as hot meals, agreed to make empty housing and surplus food stocks available, and decided to provide a b
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The Fabius government established the travaux d'utilite collective (TUC) programme to prepare school leavers for professional life
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When redundancy measures were introduced for the shipbuilding and steel industries
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In a government shake-up, Mitterrand chose Fabius as prime minister (choosing Fabius over Pierre Bérégovoy and Jacques Delors)
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of France (1984–1986).
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Three youth training programmes were set up to ease the transition from school to work
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Fabius was nominated as Minister of the Budget
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1981–1981).
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Re-elected in 1981, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012
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For the fourth constituency of Seine-Maritime
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1978–1981).
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Studied at École nationale d'administration (1971–1973).
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Studied at Sciences Po (1968).
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Born 1946-08-20.
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