Pierre Bérégovoy

Pierre Bérégovoy (December 23, 1925 - May 1, 1993) was a French Socialist politician. He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1992 to 1993.

Table of contents

1 Early career 2 Death 3 External link 4 Bérégovoy's Ministry, 2 April 1992 - 29 March 1993

Early career

Pierre Bérégovoy started his professional life at the age of 16 as a qualified metal worker. He got involved in politics following from his involvement in the French resistance while working at SNCF during World War II.

Death

Pierre Bérégovoy died on May 1, 1993, in Paris after being transported by helicopter from Nevers (Nièvre), where he had been found an hour sooner, in a coma with a bullet in the head. Police investigators ruled his death as a suicide, confirming his bodyguard's deposition, who claimed the prime minister was with him when he grabed the guard's gun. Most of Pierre Bérégovoy's close friends have admitted that he had been depressed ever since he lost the march legislative elections, but his spouse did express some doubt, mainly because he hadn't left a suicide note.

On the 10th anniversary of his death, in 2003, the assasination theory resurfaced in the media. According to this very controversial theory, Pierre Bérégovoy has been killed in order to cover some scandals that implicated the president François Mitterand. The main argument for this theory is the few similar cases in the president's entourage:

• René Lucet, director of the sécurité sociale, found dead with 2 bullets in the head on march 4, 1982
• François de Grossouvre, intelligence, found dead on april 7 1994, killed by a bullet in the head in the Palais de l'Élysée.
• Pierre-Yves Guézou, in charge of eavsdroping telephone communications (concerning terrorists investigations), found hanged in his home on december 12 1994.

External link

• Association Pierre Bérégovoy, in French only

Bérégovoy's Ministry, 2 April 1992 - 29 March 1993

• Pierre Bérégovoy - Prime Minister
• Roland Dumas - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Pierre Joxe - Minister of Defense
• Paul Quilès - Minister of the Interior and Public Security
• Michel Sapin - Minister of Economy, Finance, and Privatization
• Michel Charasse - Minister of Budget
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn - Minister of Industry and External Commerce
• Martine Aubry - Minister of Labour, Employment, and Vocational Training
• Michel Vauzelle - Minister of Justice
• Jack Lang - Minister of National Education and Culture
• Louis Mermaz - Minister of Agriculture and Forests
• Ségolène Royal - Minister of Environment
• Frédérique Bredin - Minister of Youth and Sports
• Louis Le Pensec - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
• Jean-Louis Bianco - Minister of Transport, Housing, and Equipment
• Louis Mermaz - Minister of Relations with Parliament
• Bernard Kouchner - Minister of Health and Humanitarian Action
• Émile Zuccarelli - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
• Michel Delebarre - Minister of Civil Service and Administrative Reform
• Bernard Tapie - Minister of City
• Hubert Curien - Minister of Research and Space
• René Teulade - Minister of Social Affairs and Integration

Changes

• 23 May 1992 - Bernard Tapie leaves the ministry and the office of Minister of City is abolished
• 2 October 1992 - Martin Malvy succeeds Charasse as Minister of Budget. Jean-Pierre Soisson succeeds Mermaz as Minister of Agriculture, becoming also Minister of Rural Development.
• 26 December 1992 - The office of Minister of City is reestablished, with Bernard Tapie again as Minister.

Preceded by: Edith Cresson

Prime Minister of France 1992-1993

Followed by: Édouard Balladur