{{Short description|French politician (born 1942)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}thumb '''Jean Auroux''' (born 19 September 1942 in Thizy, Rhône) is a French politician. He served as Minister of Labour from 1981 to 1983, under former President François Mitterrand.<ref name="morray">Joseph P. Morray, ''Grand disillusion: François Mitterrand and the French left'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997, p.94 [https://books.google.com/books?id=r4fiz4x1oKYC&dq=%22Jean+Auroux%22&pg=PA94]</ref>
He started his career as a school teacher, and became the Mayor of Roanne.<ref name="morray"/> In 2002, he was sued for corruption in his capacity as Mayor, but he was let go in 2011.<ref>'L'ancien ministre du Travail Jean Auroux (PS) coupable de prise illégale d'intérêt', in ''L'Express'', 27/05/2011 [http://www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/politique/l-ancien-ministre-du-travail-jean-auroux-ps-coupable-de-prise-illegale-d-interet_997342.html]</ref>
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