(FILES) Jean-Paul Huchon (left), head of the Socialist Party (PS) list for the Yvelines department in the regional elections, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Minister of the Economy and Finance, pose for photographers following a press briefing outside the regional election campaign headquarters in Paris on February 10, 1998. Jean-Paul Huchon, the former Socialist president of the Ile-de-France region, died overnight on October 22, 2026 at the age of 80 following a battle with cancer, one of his sons announced to AFP. Jean-Paul Huchon served as president of the Ile-de-France regional council from 1998 to 2015 and had previously been chief of staff to Prime Minister Michel Rocard. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP via Getty Images)