Rocard
Britishnoun
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In 1988, he became education minister in the government of reformist prime minister Michel Rocard, setting up seven new universities within four years.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
In 1990, responding to a request from then Prime Minister Michel Rocard, he compiled a detailed series of "rectifications" for the French language.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2016
Does he suffer from a mental illness and cannot control his impulses, as a former Socialist prime minister, Michel Rocard, said some months ago?
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2012
"Mr. Rocard has some difficulty himself controlling his urges these days," Jack Lang, a former minister, said on LCI TV.
From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2011
As a scowling Prime Minister Michel Rocard watched, one communist National Assembly Deputy after another dropped a small mahogany ball in a green urn on the Speaker's platform.
From Time Magazine Archive
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