Simone Veil
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Simone Veil, DBE (French pronunciation: [simɔn vɛj] (listen); 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French lawyer and politician. She served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France.
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Simone Veil | |
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12th President of the European Parliament | |
In office July 1979 – 1982 | |
Preceded by | Emilio Colombo |
Succeeded by | Piet Dankert |
Minister of Health | |
In office 27 May 1974 – 4 July 1979 | |
President | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
Prime Minister | Jacques Chirac Raymond Barre |
Preceded by | Michel Poniatowski |
Succeeded by | Michel Poniatowski |
In office 29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995 | |
President | François Mitterrand |
Prime Minister | Edouard Balladur |
Deputy | Philippe Douste-Blazy |
Preceded by | Bernard Kouchner |
Succeeded by | Elisabeth Hubert |
Personal details | |
Born | Simone Annie Liline Jacob (1927-07-13)13 July 1927 Nice, France |
Died | 30 June 2017(2017-06-30) (aged 89) Paris, France |
Political party | UDF (1995-1997) UDI (Since 2012) |
Spouse(s) | Antoine Veil |
Profession | Lawyer, politician |
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She was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion D'Honneur in 2012.[1]
She was of Jewish descent and survived the Holocaust.
Veil died in Paris on 30 June 2017, aged 89.[2]