Official announcement of the death of Pierre Bérégovoy during his transfer from Nevers to the Val-de-Grâce hospital in Paris, the former prime minister having decided to end his life by shooting himself in the head in the late afternoon.
Former Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy killed himself on 1 May 1993 in the late afternoon near Nevers, a city of which he had been mayor since 1983. Look back at his last day.
Invited in "L'Heure de vérité", Pierre Bérégovoy, Minister of Social Affairs and Solidarity of the Mauroy government, details his professional career before entering politics. With a professional certificate, he began working at the age of 15 and a half, rose through the ranks at the SNCF then at Gaz de France/ GDF, was a trade unionist at FO then at the CFDT before going to university at the age of 30.
Invited in "L'Heure de vérité", Pierre Bérégovoy, deputy mayor of Nevers and former Minister of Social Affairs and Solidarity, looks back on his professional and political career, not considering himself "grey" by the government and highlighting its experience acquired with Pierre Mendès-France and François Mitterrand.
On vacation for a few days in his Norman residence of Saint-Martin-aux-Buneaux, Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy confides in the simple and quite "normal" life he leads there with his family.
In Matignon on April 4, 1992, the transfer of power took place between the outgoing Prime Minister, Edith Cresson, and his successor, Pierre Bérégovoy. Look back on this day.