The Créteil Congress was the eight national congress of the French

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...

(''Parti socialiste'' or PS). It took place on 24 January 1981. François Mitterrand was unanimously approved as the party's candidate in the 1981 presidential election, which he eventually won.

Lionel Jospin Lionel Robert Jospin (; born 12 July 1937) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002. Jospin was First Secretary of the Socialist Party from 1995 to 1997 and the party's candidate for President of France in ...

was elected as First Secretary.PS Congresses since 1971
''France-politique''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Creteil Congress Congresses of the Socialist Party (France) 1981 in France 1981 in politics 1981 conferences January 1981 events in Europe 1980s political conferences