Nicole Questiaux (born 19 December 1930) is a French politician. She served as the Minister of National Solidarity from 1981 to 1983, under former President François Mitterrand.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

She was a member of the Centre d'études, de recherches et d'éducation socialiste, now known as the Citizen and Republican Movement.[1] From 1981 to 1983, she served as French Minister of National Solidarity, and was dubbed 'Queen of Hearts' for her disregard for keeping a budget.[1][4] She quit her position and was replaced by Pierre Bérégovoy.[2] In 1989, she gave the Chortley Lecture of the Modern Law Review.[5]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Thomas Rodney Christofferson, The French Socialists in power, 1981-1986: from autogestion to cohabitation, Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Press, 1991, p. 76 [1]
  2. ^ a b David Wilsford, Doctors and the state: the politics of health care in France and the United States, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1991 p.257 [2]
  3. ^ Raylene L. Ramsay, French women in politics: writing power, paternal legitimization, and maternal legacies, Berghahn Books, 2003, p. 106 [3]
  4. ^ a b Scott Lash, John Urry, The end of organized capitalism, Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987, p. 268 [4]
  5. ^ Modern Law Review website


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