Jean-Pierre Chevènement

Jean-Pierre Chevènement

Jean-Pierre Chevènement (born 9 March 1939) is a French politician who served as a minister in the 1980s and 1990s best known for his candidacy in the 2002 French presidential election. After serving as mayor of Belfort, he was elected to the Senate for the Territoire de Belfort in 2008. As a cofounder of the PS and founder of the Republican and Citizen Movement (MRC), he is a significant figure of the French left. The Chevènement family is of Swiss origin, with their original name, Schwennemann, having been gallicized to Chevènement in the 18th century. He was born in Belfort near the Swiss border, speaks German, and studied in Vienna. Chevènement's idiosyncratic left-wing nationalism has led to comparison with the late British politician Peter Shore. He describes his Eurosceptic and Gaullist position as "republican". He was Mayor of Belfort from 1983 to 2008 and was a Deputy in the National Assembly from 1973 to 2002. He joined the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and founded the Center for Socialist Studies, Research and Education (Centre d'études, de recherche et d'éducation socialistes or CERES). The organization constituted the left wing of the party, and promoted an alliance with the French Communist Party. In 1969 the SFIO was superseded by the Socialist Party (Parti socialiste or PS). Two years later, CERES supported the takeover of the party by François Mitterrand. It played a major role in drawing up the Socialist plan for victory in the 1981 elections. Chevènement was Minister of Research and Industry from 1981 to 1983, when he resigned, for the first of three times in his career. He disagreed with the change in economic policy made by President Mitterrand in order to stay in the European Monetary System. He has said that "a minister has to keep his mouth shut; if he wants to open it, he resigns". However, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of National Education from 1984 to 1986. Appointed Minister of Defence in 1988, he served until 1991, when he resigned due to his opposition to the Gulf War. After this he opposed the Maastricht Treaty, an issue on which Mitterrand and the PS led the "yes" campaign. In 1993 he left the PS and founded a new political party: the Citizens' Movement (Mouvement des citoyens or MDC). Chevènement and the MDC participated in the formation of the Plural Left coalition. When it won the 1997 legislative election he became Minister of the Interior in the government of Lionel Jospin. On 2 September 1998, Chevènement underwent surgery on his gall bladder. He then had a severe allergic reaction to the anesthetic, causing him to lapse into a coma for 8 days. He began to recover, leaving the hospital on 22 October, but he could not work in his ministry for another four months. As a result of this episode he gained the nickname "the miracle of the republic". For the third time, Chevènement resigned from the government in 2000 because of his opposition to giving increased autonomy to Corsica and in order to prepare his candidacy to the 2002 presidential elections. ... Source: Article "Jean-Pierre Chevènement" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Popularity : 0.309
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1939-03-09
  • Place of Birth : Belfort, France
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Jean-Pierre Chevènement Movies

  • 2022
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    Gisèle Halimi : La Cause des femmes

    Gisèle Halimi : La Cause des femmes

    8 2022 HD

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  • 2021
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    L'ENA - Pourquoi tant de haine ?

    L'ENA - Pourquoi tant de haine ?

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2022
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    Maastricht, 30 ans après

    Maastricht, 30 ans après

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2014
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    Ministre ou rien

    Ministre ou rien

    1 2014 HD

    This is the unlikely story of 21 ministers and prime ministers who have crossed or are crossing the french Fifth Republic today. Twenty-one...

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  • 2016
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    Mitterrand, the impossible legacy

    Mitterrand, the impossible legacy

    1 2016 HD

    “I am the last of the great Presidents. After me, there will be no more ..." said François Mitterrand at the end of his life. What...

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  • 2011
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    Le Diable de la République : 40 ans de Front national

    Le Diable de la République : 40 ans de Front national

    4 2011 HD

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  • 2020
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    De Gaulle, l'homme à abattre

    De Gaulle, l'homme à abattre

    7 2020 HD

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  • 2006
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    Salut les Terriens !

    Salut les Terriens !

    3.5 2006 HD

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  • 2012
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    28 minutes

    28 minutes

    2.5 2012 HD

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  • 1975
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    Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

    8.5 1975 HD

    Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years...

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  • 1998
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    Vivement dimanche

    Vivement dimanche

    3.2 1998 HD

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  • 1982
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    L'Heure de vérité

    L'Heure de vérité

    1 1982 HD

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