First Secretary of the French Socialist Party

The First Secretary of the Socialist Party is the most senior politician within the Socialist Party in France. The office is currently held by Olivier Faure.

List of First Secretaries of Socialist Party

Name			Years		Notes
1st	Alain Savary		17 July 1969	16 June 1971
2nd	François Mitterrand		16 June 1971	24 January 1981	Elected President of the French Republic on 10 May 1981
3rd	Lionel Jospin		24 January 1981	14 May 1988	First term as First Secretary
4th	Pierre Mauroy		14 May 1988	9 January 1992	Mauroy was Prime Minister from 1981 to 1984.
5th	Laurent Fabius		9 January 1992	3 April 1993	The party leadership resigned collectively on 3 April 1993, following defeat of the party in legislative elections. Fabius was also Prime Minister from 1984 to 1986.
6th	Michel Rocard		24 October 1993	19 June 1994	Rocard was PM from 1988 to 1991.
7th	Henri Emmanuelli		19 June 1994	14 October 1995
8th	Lionel Jospin		14 October 1995	27 November 1997	Second term, interrupted by his appointment as PM
9th	François Hollande		27 November 1997	26 November 2008	Longest-serving leader of the Socialist Party. Elected President of the French Republic on 6 May 2012
10th	Martine Aubry		26 November 2008[1]	12 September 2012	First woman to hold this office
11th	Harlem Désir		12 September 2012	15 April 2014	First non-white person to hold this office
12th	Jean-Christophe Cambadélis		15 April 2014	30 September 2017	Resigned in the wake of the party's defeat in the parliamentary elections.
-	Rachid Tema		30 September 2017	7 April 2018	Served an interim tenure.
13th	Olivier Faure		7 April 2018	Incumbent	Elected by acclamation in 29 March 2018, following the withdrawal of Stéphane Le Foll.

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