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Michel Rocard

1930 - 2016

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Michel Rocard (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Rocard is the 7,115th most popular politician (down from 6,978th in 2019), the 2,051st most popular biography from France (down from 2,048th in 2019) and the 498th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michel Rocard ranks 7,115 out of 19,576. Before him are Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, Roman of Bulgaria, Mike Pompeo, Godan Khan, Eurydice of Egypt, and Mswati III. After him are Álvaro Cunhal, Edmund Veesenmayer, David Trimble, Acrotatus II, Lusius Quietus, and Denis Thatcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Michel Rocard ranks 137. Before him are Akiyuki Nosaka, Lina Kostenko, John Romita Sr., Eugenio Castellotti, Igor Netto, and Ornette Coleman. After him are Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Colin Dexter, Jasper Johns, Ted Hughes, Miljan Miljanić, and Dave Sexton. Among people deceased in 2016, Michel Rocard ranks 120. Before him are Carmen Pereira, Piet de Jong, Chris Amon, Yves Bonnefoy, Peter Naur, and Glenn Frey. After him are Madeleine Lebeau, Jorge Batlle, William H. McNeill, Neville Marriner, Peter Shaffer, and Meir Dagan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Rocard ranks 2,051 out of 6,770. Before him are Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Claude Garamond (1499), Marie Elisabeth of France (1572), Sacha Distel (1933), Francis Jammes (1868), and Robert Pires (1973). After him are Raymond Roussel (1877), François-Marie Raoult (1830), Florent Schmitt (1870), Jean Girault (1924), Joseph Monier (1823), and Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (1257).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Michel Rocard ranks 498. Before him are Jacques Thibaud (1880), Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (1572), Mahaut, Countess of Artois (1269), Charles de Freycinet (1828), Pierre Messmer (1916), and Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773). After him are Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (1257), Wilfred the Hairy (840), Beatrice of Lorraine (1017), François Georges-Picot (1870), François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy (1644), and Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1746).

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