Alain Juppé
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Alain Juppé (born August 15, 1945) is a French politician, and was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997.

Early life

Alain Juppé was born in Mont-de-Marsan (Landes).

Education

• Lycée Victor-Duruy, in Mont-de-Marsan
• Preparatory classes at Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris
• Entered École normale supérieure (1964)
• Agrégation de lettres
• Institut d'études politiques de Paris (1968)
• École nationale d'administration (1970-1972)

Political career

Alain Juppé was a minister under Jacques Chirac's government in the 1980s, and was made Édouard Balladur's Foreign Minister in 1993. He succeded him as Prime Minister in 1995, also becoming president of the Rassemblement pour la République (RPR) political party. The RPR lost elections in 1997, and he was succeeded by Lionel Jospin.

See also: List of Foreign Ministers of France

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