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June 7, 2013
Pierre Mauroy, French educator and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1928)
Pierre Mauroy
Pierre Mauroy was a French Socialist 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. At the time of his death Mauroy was the emeritus mayor of the city of Lille. He died from complications of lung cancer on 7 June 2013 at the age of 84.
Prime Minister of France
The prime minister of France, officially the prime minister of the French Republic, is the head of government of the French Republic and leader of its Council of Ministers, although the officeholder does not chair its meetings, as the president does.
June 7
June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 207 days remain until the end of the year.