Marie-Madeleine Dienesch
Marie-Madeleine Dienesch | |
|---|---|
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 17 July 1979 – 30 September 1980 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1914 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | 8 January 1998 (aged 83) Paris |
| Political party | Popular Republican Movement Union of Democrats for the Republic Rally for the Republic |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
Marie-Madeleine Dienesch (1914–1998) was a French politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of France and a Member of the European Parliament over a period of 35 years. She was the second woman to be a French minister.
Life
Born in
Dienesch was elected to the
In 1968, she became the second female government minister in France after Nafissa Sid Cara when she was named State Secretary for National Education, a position that allowed her to sit in on cabinet meetings.[3] She served in that position for three months, then served as Secretary of State for Social Assistance and Rehabilitation from 1968 to 1974. From 1975 to 1978, Dienesch was named the French Ambassador to Luxembourg, and in 1979 she was elected to the European Parliament, and served as a member of the European Progressive Democrats group. She resigned from the position a year later, and retired from politics altogether in 1981.[2]
References
- ^ "Marie-Madeleine Dienesch". Assemblée Nationale. Retrieved 7 November 2018. (in French)
- ^ Clio. Femmes, genre, histoire. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ISBN 9781134667703.
