Acting
Michel Rocard
- Born
- Aug 23, 1930 · Aged 85
- Died
- Jul 2, 2016
- Place of birth
- Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 5
- TV credits
- 4
Biography
Michel Rocard (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. Rocard was born in…
