First Secretary of the French Socialist Party

First Secretary of the Socialist Party
Incumbent Jean-Christophe Cambadelis since 15 April 2014
Inaugural holder	Alain Savary
Formation	17 July 1969
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The First Secretary of the Socialist Party is the most senior politician within the Socialist Party in France. Since the 16 April 2014, the office has been held by Jean-Christophe Cambadelis.

List of First Secretaries of Socialist Party


Name		Years		Notes
1st	Alain Savary	July 17, 1969	June 16, 1971
2nd	François Mitterrand	June 16, 1971	January 24, 1981	Elected President of the French Republic on May 10, 1981
3rd	Lionel Jospin	January 24, 1981	May 14, 1988	First term as First Secretary
4th	Pierre Mauroy	May 14, 1988	January 9, 1992	Mauroy was Prime Minister from 1981 to 1984.
5th	Laurent Fabius	January 9, 1992	April 3, 1993	The party leadership resigned collectively on April 3, 1993, following defeat of the party in legislative elections. Fabius was also Prime Minister from 1984 to 1986.
6th	Michel Rocard	October 24, 1993	June 19, 1994	Rocard was PM from 1988 to 1991.
7th	Henri Emmanuelli	June 19, 1994	October 14, 1995
8th	Lionel Jospin	October 14, 1995	November 27, 1997	Second term, interrupted by his appointment as PM
9th	François Hollande	November 27, 1997	November 26, 2008	Longest-serving leader of the Socialist Party. Elected President of the French Republic on May 6, 2012
10th	Martine Aubry	November 26, 2008^[1]	September 12, 2012	First woman to hold this office
11th	Harlem Désir	September 12, 2012	April 15,2014	First non-white person to hold this office
12th	Jean-Christophe Cambadelis	April 15, 2014	Incumbent

Notes

↑ Harlem Désir temporarily assumed the leadership of Socialist Party from June 30 to October 16, 2011, during Martine Aubry's candidacy for the presidential primaries.

French Socialist Party

First Secretaries	Alain Savary (1969–1971) François Mitterrand (1971–1981) Lionel Jospin (1981–1988) Pierre Mauroy (1988–1992) Laurent Fabius (1992–1993) Michel Rocard (1993–1994) Henri Emmanuelli (1994–1995) Lionel Jospin (1995–1997) François Hollande (1997–2008) Martine Aubry (2008–2012) Harlem Désir (2012–2014) Jean-Christophe Cambadélis (2014–)

Prime Ministers	Pierre Mauroy (1981–1984) Laurent Fabius (1984–1986) Michel Rocard (1988–1991) Édith Cresson (1991–1992) Pierre Bérégovoy (1992–1993) Lionel Jospin (1997–2002) Jean-Marc Ayrault (2012–2014) Manuel Valls (2014–2016) Bernard Cazeneuve (2016–)

Presidential candidates	François Mitterrand (1974) François Mitterrand (1981) François Mitterrand (1988) Lionel Jospin (1995) Lionel Jospin (2002) Ségolène Royal (2007) François Hollande (2012)

Presidential primaries	1995 2006 2011 2017

National congresses	Alfortville Congress (May 1969) Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress (July 1969) Epinay Congress (1971) Grenoble Congress (1973) Pau Congress (1975) Nantes Congress (1977) Metz Congress (1979) Créteil Congress (January 1981) Valence Congress (October 1981) Bourg-en-Bresse Congress (1983) Toulouse Congress (1985) Lille Congress (1987) Rennes Congress (1990) Grande Arche Congress (1991) Bordeaux Congress (1992) Bourget Congress (1993) Liévin Congress (1994) Brest Congress (1997) Second Grenoble Congress (2000) Dijon Congress (2003) Le Mans Congress (2005) Reims Congress (2008) Second Toulouse Congress (2012)

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