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]
Huguette Bouchardeau | |
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National Secretary of the Unified Socialist Party | |
In office 1979–1981 | |
Preceded by | Michel Mousel |
Succeeded by | Jacques Salvator |
Minister of the Environment and Way of Life | |
In office 22 March 1983 – 17 July 1984 | |
President | François Mitterrand |
Prime Minister | Laurent Fabius |
Preceded by | Alain Bombard |
Succeeded by | Jacques Douffiages |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-Étienne, Loire, France | 1 June 1935
Political party | Unified Socialist Party |
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]