Positions Held
- Became the first "Secrétaire d'état" (lower ministerial cabinet) in charge of humanitarian action from 1988 to 1992 (in the Michel Rocard cabinet.)
- Health Minister in 1992–1993 (under Pierre Bérégovoy).
- Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1997.
- Health Minister from 1997 to 1999. (under Lionel Jospin)
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN in Kosovo from 1999 to 2001.
- Health-Delegated Minister from 2001 to 2002.
- Foreign Minister from 2007 to 2010.
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