- French Prime Minister from 1997 to 2002
- Two times candidate at the French presidential elections, he finished second in 1995 behind Jacques Chirac. In 2002, he was also beaten by Chirac but also by far-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen. Because of having been beaten by Le Pen, he decided to retire from politics.
- President ('Premier secrétaire') of the French Socialist Party from 1981 to 1988 and from 1995 to 1997. Minister of Education, Youth and Sports from 1988 to 1992.
- Father of a son and a daughter: Hugo and Eva Jospin.
- Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).
- Brother-in-law of Sophie Agacinski and Jean-Marc Thibault.
- Father-in-law of Pierre Thoretton.
- Grandfather of Oscar Thoretton and Ada Thoretton.
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