Bérégovoy, Pierre

Bérégovoy, Pierre

▪ French prime minister
in full  Pierre Eugène Bérégovoy  
born Dec. 23, 1925, Déville-les-Rouen, France
died May 1, 1993, Nevers

      French politician, prime minister from April 1992 to March 1993.

      In 1941, at the age of 15, Bérégovoy left school to work as a machinist. He later worked for the national railways and joined the French Resistance. In 1950 he took a job at Gaz de France, the national gas utility. He remained with this company for 31 years, eventually rising to an executive position.

      After World War II Bérégovoy joined the socialist party (SFIO). He was a leading member of various socialist organizations until 1969, when he rejoined the reorganized Socialist Party (PS), becoming a member of its executive.

      When François Mitterrand was elected president of France in 1981, Bérégovoy was named secretary-general of the Élysée Palace. In 1982 he became minister of social affairs and in 1984 minister of the economy, finance, and budget. A moderate socialist, Bérégovoy implemented an economic austerity program, supported a strong franc, and reformed and modernized France's financial markets. He lost his ministry when the Socialist government left office in 1986 but was reappointed when they returned to power in 1988.

      In April 1992 Mitterrand named Bérégovoy to succeed Edith Cresson as prime minister. He resigned in March 1993, when the Socialists were overwhelmingly defeated in general elections. Bérégovoy's popularity had declined along with that of his party, whose policies were blamed for a sharp rise in unemployment and a slowdown in the economy; he and other leading Socialists had also been accused of corruption. Bérégovoy shot himself a few weeks after stepping down.

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