{{Infobox official post | post = First Secretary<br/>of the Socialist Party | body = | native_name = {{small|{{lang|fr|Premier secrétaire du Parti socialiste}}}} | flag = | image = Olivier Faure PSE-CARCA--1194 (cropped).jpg | incumbent = Olivier Faure | incumbentsince = 7 April 2018 | deputy = | residence = | appointer = | termlength = | formation = {{start date and age|1969|7|17|df=y}} | inaugural = Alain Savary | website = {{URL|https://www.parti-socialiste.fr/le_1er_secr_taire}} }}

The '''First Secretary of the Socialist Party''' (French: ''Premier secrétaire du Parti socialiste'') is the most senior politician within the Socialist Party in France. The office has been held by Olivier Faure since 7 April 2018.

== List of officeholders ==

{|class="wikitable centre" |+ ! colspan="3" scope="col" | Name ! colspan="2" scope="col" | Years ! scope="col" | Notes |- | 1st | '''Alain Savary''' | | align="right" | 17 July 1969 | align="right" | 16 June 1971 | |- | 2nd | '''François Mitterrand''' | 60px | align="right" | 16 June 1971 | align="right" | 24 January 1981 | Elected President of France in the 1981 election. |- | 3rd | '''Lionel Jospin''' | 60px | align="right" | 24 January 1981 | align="right" | 14 May 1988 | First term as First Secretary. |- | 4th | '''Pierre Mauroy''' | 60px | align="right" | 14 May 1988 | align="right" | 9 January 1992 | Mauroy was Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984. |- | 5th | '''Laurent Fabius''' | 60px | align="right" | 9 January 1992 | align="right" | 3 April 1993 | The party leadership collectively resigned on 3 April 1993, following the Socialist defeat in the 1993 legislative election. Fabius was also Prime Minister of France from 1984 to 1986. |- | 6th | '''Michel Rocard''' | 60px | align="right" | 24 October 1993 | align="right" | 19 June 1994 | Rocard was Prime Minister of France from 1988 to 1991. |- | 7th | '''Henri Emmanuelli''' | 60px | align="right" | 19 June 1994 | align="right" | 14 October 1995 | |- | 8th | '''Lionel Jospin''' | 60px | align="right" | 14 October 1995 | align="right" | 27 November 1997 | Second term, interrupted by his appointment as Prime Minister of France. |- | 9th | '''François Hollande''' | 60px | align="right" | 27 November 1997 | align="right" | 26 November 2008 | Longest-serving First Secretary. Elected President of France in the 2012 presidential election. |- | 10th | '''Martine Aubry''' | 60px | align="right" | 26 November 2008<ref name="biography">Harlem Désir temporarily assumed the leadership of Socialist Party from 30 June to 16 October 2011, during Martine Aubry's candidacy for the presidential primaries.</ref> | align="right" | 12 September 2012 | First woman to hold the office. |- |11th |'''Harlem Désir''' |60px |align="right" | 12 September 2012 |align="right" | 15 April 2014 | |- |12th |'''Jean-Christophe Cambadélis''' |60px |align="right" | 15 April 2014 |align="right" | 30 September 2017 | Resigned in the wake of the party's defeat in the 2017 legislative election. |- |-style="background:#EFEFEF" |'''–''' |''Rachid Temal'' |60px |align="right" | 30 September 2017 |align="right" | 7 April 2018 | Served an interim tenure. |- |13th |'''Olivier Faure''' |60px |align="right" | 7 April 2018 |align="centre" | ''Incumbent'' | Elected by acclamation on 29 March 2018, following the withdrawal of Stéphane Le Foll. |}

== Notes == {{Reflist}}

{{French Socialist Party}}

* Socialist Party France