Daniel Vaillant (born 19 July 1949) is a French

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politician.

Biography

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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 ...

, Vaillant held several ministerial portfolios in his cabinets: Minister of the Relations with Parliament from 1997 to 2000 and

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from 2000 to 2002. He also supported Jospin as candidate for the

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in the 2007 presidential election; a candidacy which eventually did not materialize. As of 2009, he is mayor of the

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(first election 1995) and a member of the

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. In October 2009, he proposed to decriminalize the personal use of cannabis through control of production and import, as is the case with alcohol.Daniel Vaillant (PS) propose une légalisation contrôlée du cannabis
Le Monde, 9 October 2009

Published work

* ''C'est à ma gauche'', Éditions Plon, 2003 (with a foreword by

« La Sécurité, priorité à gauche ») * ''PS : 40 ans d'histoire(s). Du congrès d'Épinay à nos jours'', Éditions L'Archipel, 2011, 414 p.

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Official biography
on the French Parliament website. 1949 births Living people People from Nièvre Politicians from Paris Socialist Party (France) politicians French interior ministers Mayors of arrondissements of Paris Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Candidates for the 2017 French legislative election {{France-politician-Socialist-stub