Union of Socialist Groups and Clubs

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Union of Socialist Groups and Clubs
Abbreviation	UGCS
Leader	Jean Poperen
Founded	1967
Dissolved	1969
Merged into	Socialist Party
Ideology	Socialism
National affiliation	FGDS
Politics of France Political parties Elections

The Union of Socialist Groups and Clubs (French: Union des groupes et clubs socialistes, UGCS) was a socialist club in France led by Jean Poperen after he was expelled from the Unified Socialist Party. The UGCS joined the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left before merging into the new PS at the Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress.

v t e French Socialist Party
First Secretaries	Alain Savary (1969–1971) François Mitterrand (1971–1981) Lionel Jospin (1981–1988) Pierre Mauroy (1988–1992) Laurent Fabius (1992–1993) Michel Rocard (1993–1994) Henri Emmanuelli (1994–1995) Lionel Jospin (1995–1997) François Hollande (1997–2008) Martine Aubry (2008–2012) Harlem Désir (2012–2014) Jean-Christophe Cambadélis (2014–2017) Rachid Temal [fr] (ad interim) Olivier Faure (2018–present)
Prime Ministers	Pierre Mauroy (1981–1984) Laurent Fabius (1984–1986) Michel Rocard (1988–1991) Édith Cresson (1991–1992) Pierre Bérégovoy (1992–1993) Lionel Jospin (1997–2002) Jean-Marc Ayrault (2012–2014) Manuel Valls (2014–2016) Bernard Cazeneuve (2016–2017)
Presidential candidates	François Mitterrand (1974, 1981, 1988) Lionel Jospin (1995, 2002) Ségolène Royal (2007) François Hollande (2012) Benoît Hamon (2017) Anne Hidalgo (2022)
Presidential primaries	1995 2006 2011 2017 2021 [fr; es]
Related articles	French Section of the Workers' International Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance Convention of Republican Institutions Union of Clubs for the Renewal of the Left Union of Socialist Groups and Clubs
National congresses	Alfortville Congress (May 1969) Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress (July 1969) Epinay Congress (1971) Grenoble Congress (1973) Pau Congress (1975) Nantes Congress (1977) Metz Congress (1979) Créteil Congress (January 1981) Valence Congress (October 1981) Bourg-en-Bresse Congress (1983) Toulouse Congress (1985) Lille Congress (1987) Rennes Congress (1990) Grande Arche Congress (1991) Bordeaux Congress (1992) Bourget Congress (1993) Liévin Congress (1994) Brest Congress (1997) Second Grenoble Congress (2000) Dijon Congress (2003) Le Mans Congress (2005) Reims Congress (2008) Second Toulouse Congress (2012) Poitiers Congress [fr] (2015) Aubervilliers Congress (2018) Villeurbanne Congress [fr] (2021) Marseille Congress [fr] (2023)
Parliamentary groups	National Assembly: Socialist group, associated Senate: Socialist and Republican
Former factions	Aubryists Desires for the Future New Socialist Party Royalists Socialist Left

v t e French Section of the Workers' International
General Secretary	Louis Dubreuilh (1905−1918) Ludovic-Oscar Frossard (1918−1920) Paul Faure (1920−1940) Vacant (1940−1943) Daniel Mayer (1943−1946) Guy Mollet (1946−1969)
Related articles	Paris Commune French Socialist Party (Federation of the Socialist Workers of France and Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party) Socialist Party of France (French Workers' Party and Socialist Revolutionary Party) Globe Congress Second International L'Humanité Le Populaire Tours Congress French Turn (Trotskyism) Matignon Agreements The Vichy 80 French Resistance (Brutus Network) National Council of Resistance Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress Revolutionary socialism Blanquism Marxism Possibilism Democratic socialism Neosocialism
Derivatives	French Communist Party Socialist Party of France – Jean Jaurès Union / Socialist Republican Union / National Popular Rally Internationalist Workers Party Workers and Peasants' Socialist Party Democratic Socialist Party Union of the Socialist Left / Unified Socialist Party / Union of Clubs for the Renewal of the Left / Union of Socialist Groups and Clubs Socialist Party
Alliances	Lefts Cartel (1924–1934) Popular Front (1936–1938) Tripartisme (1944–1947) Third Force (1947–1958) Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left (1965–1968)