Marcel Rigout | |
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Minister of Vocational Training | |
In office 1981–1984 | |
President | François Mitterrand |
Prime Minister | Pierre Mauroy |
Personal details | |
Born | Verneuil-sur-Vienne, France | 10 May 1928
Died | 23 August 2014 Limoges, France | (aged 86)
Political party | French Communist Party |
Marcel Rigout (10 May 1928 – 23 August 2014) [1] was a French politician. He served as Minister of Vocational Training from 1981 to 1984, under former President François Mitterrand. [2] [3] [4] From an early age, he was a member of the French Communist Party. [3] [5] [6] [7] To improve vocational skills, while serving as a government minister, Rigout helped to set up some 800 centres called either PAIO or missions locales between 1982 and 1984 where youngsters were provided with vocational guidance. [8]