Huguette Bouchardeau
Bouchardeau in 1985
National Secretary of the Unified Socialist Party
In office
1979–1981
Preceded byMichel Mousel
Succeeded byJacques Salvator
Minister of the Environment and Way of Life
In office
22 March 1983 – 17 July 1984
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterLaurent Fabius
Preceded byAlain Bombard
Succeeded byJacques Douffiages
Personal details
Born (1935-06-01) 1 June 1935 (age 88)
Saint-Étienne, Loire, France
Political partyUnified Socialist Party

Huguette Bouchardeau (born 1 June 1935)[1] is a French socialist politician, as well as a publisher (founder of HB Éditions),[2] essayist, and biographer.[3]

Political career

Bouchardeau was a candidate of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU) in the 1981 presidential election,[4] receiving 1.1% of the vote,[5] and National Secretary of the Party[6] between 1979 and 1981. Bouchardeau also served as Minister of the Environment and Way of Life in the French Socialist Party-led cabinets of Pierre Mauroy (1981–1984) and Laurent Fabius (1984–1986).[7]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ Profile of Huguette Bouchardeau
  2. ^ "HB Editions en danger". Le Monde diplomatique. 10 May 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Mothers in fiction, mothers in fact". The Harvard Gazette. 26 February 2009. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Giscar Mitterrand lead voting". Modesto Bee. 27 April 1981. Retrieved 24 February 2010.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "French Presidential election results – 1981". Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Huguette à livres ouverts" (in French). L'Express. 20 January 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  7. ^ "The East Village of Paris". The New York Times. 4 October 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
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