Michel Rocard
Prime Minister of France
Died when: 85 years 314 days (1030 months)Star Sign: Virgo
}} Michel Rocard AC OQ (French: [mi??l ??ka?]; 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.
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