Former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin dies at 88, BFM reports

Former French Prime Minister and member of the French Constitutional Council (Conseil Constitutionnel) Lionel Jospin poses during a photo session in Paris on May 16, 2018.(Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)

• Jospin ⁠was ​head of ⁠government under the center-right President ⁠Jacques ‌Chirac

PARIS: Former ​French Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin died at ‌age ‌88, ​broadcaster ‌BFM reported.
Jospin ⁠was ​head of ⁠government under the center-right President ⁠Jacques ‌Chirac from ‌1997 ​to ‌2002 ‌during cohabitation, a term used ‌in France when the ⁠president ⁠and the prime minister come from opposing camps.