Marcel Rigout

Marcel Rigout
Minister of Vocational Training
In office
1981–1984
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterPierre Mauroy
Personal details
Born(1928-05-10)10 May 1928
Verneuil-sur-Vienne, France
Died23 August 2014(2014-08-23) (aged 86)
Limoges, France
PartyFrench Communist Party

Marcel Rigout (10 May 1928 – 23 August 2014) was a French politician. He served as Minister of Vocational Training from 1981 to 1984, under former President François Mitterrand. From an early age, he was a member of the French Communist Party. 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.

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References

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