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Former French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius addressed Dean's International Council meeting in Paris

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"French presidential hopeful Fabius proposes Franco-German military union" (International Herald Tribune, 10/20/06)

Laurent Fabius

Laurent Fabius served as Prime Minister of France from July 1984 to March 1986. He later served as the Socialist Party's First Secretary from 1992 to 1993. In addition, Mr. Fabius was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1992. He has had a long career in the French Assemblée Nationale after being first elected as a member in 1978. Mr. Fabius was elected President of the Assemblée Nationale from 1988 to 1992 and again from 1997 to 2000. He was then appointed the Minister for Finance, Economy and Industry from 2000 to 2002. Since 2000, he has been a member of the French Assemblée Nationale for the fourth constituency of Seine Maritime. Within the Assemblée Nationale, Mr. Fabius is a member of the Commission on Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Fabius is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration.