Pierre Mauroy

Pierre Mauroy
Mauroy in 1982
Prime Minister of France
In office
21 May 1981 – 17 July 1984
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Preceded byRaymond Barre
Succeeded byLaurent Fabius
President of the Socialist International
In office
17 September 1992 – 10 November 1999
Preceded byWilly Brandt
Succeeded byAntónio Guterres
First Secretary of the Socialist Party
In office
14 May 1988 – 9 January 1992
Preceded byLionel Jospin
Succeeded byLaurent Fabius
Mayor of Lille
In office
8 January 1973 – 25 March 2001
Preceded byAugustin Laurent
Succeeded byMartine Aubry
Member of the French Senate
for Nord
In office
2 October 1992 – 30 September 2011
Personal details
Born(1928-07-05)5 July 1928
Died7 June 2013(2013-06-07) (aged 84)
Clamart, France
PartySocialist Party
OccupationTeacher

Pierre Mauroy (French: [pjɛʁ moʁwa]; 5 July 1928 – 7 June 2013) was a French politician who was Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984 under President François Mitterrand. Mauroy also served as Mayor of Lille from 1973 to 2001 and President of the Socialist International from 1992 to 1999. At the time of his death, Mauroy was the emeritus mayor of the city of Lille.