1971 : Joins the socialist party
1973 : Deputy secretary of the socialist federation of Aveyron
20 Mars 1977 : Elected councilor of Paris (Union of the left - 18th arrondissement)
January 1979 - October 1984 : General delegate of coordination for Lionel Jospin, national secretary of the PS. Senior deputy secretary of the socialist federation of Paris
April 1979 : Member of the executive committee of the socialist party
June 1979 - March 1983 : Vice-president of the socialist group of the Paris Council
21 June 1981 - March 1986 : MP (PS) of Paris (26th circumscription)
1981 - 1983 : National deputy secretary responsible for PR, and spokesman of the socialist party
1981 - 1984 : President of the MPs' Intergroup for the League of Human Rights (LDH)
Mars 1982 : Political director of the newsletter "PS Aujourd'hui" (PS Today)
1983 - 1987 : Member of the executive bureau of the PS
1983 - 1985 : National secretary of the PS, in charge of federations, organization and litigation
Mars 1983 - 10 November 1986 : Paris arrondissement councilor (18th arrondissement)
11 October 1986 (since) : Councilor (PS) of Paris (18th arrondissement); declared in replacement of Lionel Jospin, who resigned
12 June 1988 : Candidate (Presidential Majority - PS) in the 1st and 2nd ballots of legislative elections in Paris (18th circumscription)
19 March 1989 : Reelected councilor of Paris (18th arrondissement)
March 1993 - March 2001 : President of the socialist group of the Paris Council
24 October 1993 (since) : Member of the national council of the socialist party
June 1995 : Head of the list of "Paris s'éveille" lists which won six arrondissements out of twenty; reelected councilor of Paris (18th arrondissement)
24 October 1995 - March 2001 : Senator (PS) of Paris
February 1996 - march 2001 : Secretary of the senatorial committee for foreign affairs, defense and armed forces
23 November 1997 : Reelected member of the national council of the PS
29 November 1997 (since) : Member of the national bureau of the PS
September 1999 : Publication of the book "Pour l'honneur de Paris"
25 March 2001 : Elected Mayor of Paris
27 March 2001 : Resigned voluntarily from his senator's mandate, so as not to hold more than one office.
Office :
Hôtel de Ville - 75196 Paris RP
(*) Administrative district of Paris