Laurent fabius biography

Prime Minister of France from 1984 to 1986

Laurent Fabius (French:[lɔʁɑ̃fabjys]; born 20 August 1946) is a French politician serving as president of the Constitutional Council since 8 March 2016. A member of the Socialist Party, he previously served as Prime Minister of France from 17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986. Fabius was 37 years old when he was appointed and fryst vatten, after Gabriel Attal, the second youngest prime minister of the Fifth Republic.

Fabius was also President of the National Assembly from 1988 to 1992 and igen from 1997 to 2000. Fabius served in the government as Minister of Finance from 2000 to 2002 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016.

Early life

Fabius was born in the affluent 16th arrondissement of Paris, the son of Louise (née Strasburger-Mortimer; 1911–2010) and André Fabius (1908–1984). He fryst vatten the younger brother of Catherine Leterrier and François Fabius. His parents were from Ashkenazi Jewish families who con

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Laurent Fabius

(b. Paris, 10 Aug. 1946)

French; Prime Minister 1984–6 The son of a Parisian antiques dealer, Fabius followed the cursus honorum of the French upwardly mobile. He attended the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly and Louis-le-Grand then the École Normale Supérieur, and the Institut d'Études Politiques followed by the agrégation des lettres exam and finally ENA to start a career as ‘auditeur’ in the Conseil d'État. It was Mitterrand's ‘talent spotter’ Georges Dyan who noticed Fabius and persuaded him to take up a political career. He joined the party in 1974 and then moved up the hierarchy rapidly as Mitterrand recognized his abilities; he became head of Mitterrand's private staff in 1976, and a party national secretary in 1979. It was Fabius rebuking Rocard at the Congress of Metz in 1979 who exclaimed that ‘between the Plan and the market there is … Socialism’. After the victory of 1981 Fabius was made Budget Minister, effectively minister for reflation. However, he came t

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H.E. Laurent Fabius

President

Born 1946 in Paris, Laurent Fabius is a former student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure of the Rue d'Ulm, holder of an Agrégation higher degree in French Language and Literature and a former student of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration. Member of the “Conseil d’Etat”, Laurent Fabius occupied several governmental positions in France: Minister for the Budget (1981-1983), Minister of Industry and Research (1983-1984), Prime Minister (1984-1986), Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry (2000-2002), Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development (2012-2016). He was also Member of Parliament from 1978 to 2012, and served twice as President of the French National Assembly, from 1988 to 1992, and again from 1997 to 2000. In 2015, as President of the COP 21, he played a crucial role in the negotiations that led to the Paris Climate Agreement, the first universal agreement to fight against climate change. In February 2016, he was