Pierre Joxe

Pierre Joxe (born 28 November 1934) is a former French Socialist politician and has been a member of the Constitutional Council of France between 2001 and 2010.

Pierre Joxe
Member of the Constitutional Council
In office 12 March 2001 – 12 March 2010
Appointed by	Raymond Forni
President	Yves Guéna Pierre Mazeaud Jean-Louis Debré
Preceded by	Noëlle Lenoir
Succeeded by	Jacques Barrot
First President of the Court of Audit
In office 1993–2001
Preceded by	Pierre Arpaillange
Succeeded by	François Logerot
Minister of the Interior
In office 12 May 1988 – 29 January 1991
President	François Mitterrand
Prime Minister	Michel Rocard
Preceded by	Charles Pasqua
Succeeded by	Philippe Marchand
In office 19 July 1984 – 20 March 1986
President	François Mitterrand
Prime Minister	Laurent Fabius
Preceded by	Gaston Defferre
Succeeded by	Charles Pasqua
Personal details
Born	(1934-11-28) 28 November 1934 Paris, France
Nationality	French
Political party	Socialist Party
Children	2
Parents	Louis Joxe
Alma mater	ÉNA

A graduate of the École nationale d'administration, he joined the Court of Audit of France in the 1960s. Whereas his father, Louis Joxe, was Justice Minister of Charles de Gaulle, Pierre Joxe entered politics as a follower of François Mitterrand, first in the Convention of Republican Institutions, then (from 1971) in the renewed Socialist Party (PS). Considered as one of the closest allies of the PS leader, he was elected as a deputy for the Saône-et-Loire département in 1973. He presided over the regional council of Burgundy from 1979 to 1982.

In 1981, when Mitterrand was elected President of France, Joxe became Minister of Industry for only one month, before he became leader of the Socialist group in the French National Assembly. Then, he joined the cabinet as Interior Minister from 1984 to the Socialist defeat in the 1986 legislative election. Re-appointed leader of the PS parliamentary group again, he became the Interior Minister after Mitterrand had won a second presidential term in 1988. He was the author of a new law code for Corsica. In 1991, during the Gulf War, he served as Defense Minister.

During March 1993, Joxe gave up politics to lead the Court of Audit of France. Then, he was nominated to the Constitutional Council (2001–2010).[1] He has two sons, Benoît Joxe and Baptiste Joxe, both from his third marriage.