(FILES) France's President Jacques Chirac (R) listens to Secretary of State for Overseas Territories Jean-Jack Queyranne (L) as France's Minister for Cooperation Charles Josselin looks on during the opening of the 2nd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Indian Ocean Commission in Saint-Denis de la Reunion, on the French Indian ocean island of La Reunion, on December 3, 1999. Charles Josselin, a former minister in Lionel Jospin's government and a historic figure of the Socialist Party (PS) in Brittany, has died, PS First Secretary Olivier Faure announced on X on September 1, 2026. (Photo by GEORGES GOBET / AFP via Getty Images)