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First Secretary of the Socialist Party
The First Secretary of the Socialist Party (French: Premier secrétaire du Parti socialiste) is the most senior politician within the Socialist Party in France. The office has been held by Olivier Faure since 7 April 2018.
01List of officeholders
| Name | Years | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alain Savary | 17 July 1969 | 16 June 1971 | ||
| 2nd | François Mitterrand | 16 June 1971 | 24 January 1981 | Elected President of France in the 1981 election. | |
| 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 of France from 1981 to 1984. | |
| 5th | Laurent Fabius | 9 January 1992 | 3 April 1993 | The party leadership collectively resigned on 3 April 1993, following the Socialist defeat in the 1993 legislative election. Fabius was also Prime Minister of France from 1984 to 1986. | |
| 6th | Michel Rocard | 24 October 1993 | 19 June 1994 | Rocard was Prime Minister of France 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 Prime Minister of France. | |
| 9th | François Hollande | 27 November 1997 | 26 November 2008 | Longest-serving First Secretary. Elected President of France in the 2012 presidential election. | |
| 10th | Martine Aubry | 26 November 2008 | 12 September 2012 | First woman to hold the office. | |
| 11th | Harlem Désir | 12 September 2012 | 15 April 2014 | ||
| 12th | Jean-Christophe Cambadélis | 15 April 2014 | 30 September 2017 | Resigned in the wake of the party's defeat in the 2017 legislative election. | |
| , | Rachid Temal | 30 September 2017 | 7 April 2018 | Served an interim tenure. | |
| 13th | Olivier Faure | 7 April 2018 | Incumbent | Elected by acclamation on 29 March 2018, following the withdrawal of Stéphane Le Foll. | |
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