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Michel Rocard (1930 - 2016) French politician and a member of the Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister under Francois Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991, during which he created the Revenu minimum d'insertion (RMI), a social minimum welfare program for indigents, and achieved the Matignon Accords regarding the status of New Caledonia. He was a member of the European Parliament, and was strongly involved in European policies until 2009.