Huguette Bouchardeau

Huguette Bouchardeau
Bouchardeau in 1985
Member of the National Assembly
In office
23 June 1988 – 1st April 1993
Election12 June 1988
National Assembly9th (Fifth Republic)
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJean Geney
Parliamentary groupApp. SOC
ConstituencyDoubs's 4th
In office
2 April 1986 – 14 May 1988
Election16 March 1986
National Assembly8th (Fifth Republic)
Parliamentary groupApp. SOC
ConstituencyDoubs
Minister of the Environment
In office
17 July 1984 – 20 March 1986
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterLaurent Fabius
GovernmentFabius
Preceded byHerself (Secretary of State)
Succeeded byAlain Carignon
Secretary of State for the Environment and Way of Life
In office
22 March 1983 – 17 July 1984
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterPierre Mauroy
GovernmentMauroy III
Preceded byMichel Crépeau
Succeeded byHerself (Minister)
National Secretary of the Unified Socialist Party
In office
1979–1981
Preceded byMichel Mousel
Succeeded byJacques Salvator
Mayor of Aigues-Vives
In office
11 June 1995 – 18 March 2001
Preceded bySimone Mouyren
Succeeded byJacky Rey
Personal details
BornHuguette Briaut
(1935-06-01)1 June 1935
Saint-Étienne, Loire, France
Died18 May 2026(2026-05-18) (aged 90)
Paris, France
PartyUnified Socialist Party

Huguette Bouchardeau (1 June 1935 – 18 May 2026) was a French socialist politician, as well as a publisher (founder of HB Éditions),[1] novelist, essayist, and biographer.[2]

Life and career

Bouchardeau was born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France on 1 June 1935.[3] She 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]

Bouchardeau died in Paris on 18 May 2026, at the age of 90.[8]

Selected works

  • La famille Renoir, 2004
  • La grande verrière, 1991
  • Le déjeuner, 1998
  • Le ministère du possible, 1986
  • Les roches rouges: Portrait d'un père, 1997
  • Leur père notre père, 1996
  • Mes nuits avec Descartes, 2002
  • Nathalie Sarraute, 2003
  • Pas d'histoire, les femmes, 1977
  • Rose Noël, 1992
  • Simone Weil, 1995
  • Tout le possible, 1981
  • Une institurion : La philo. dans l'enseignement du 2ème degré en France 1900–1972, 1975
  • Un coin dans leur monde,1980

References

  1. ↑ "HB Editions en danger". Le Monde diplomatique. 10 May 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Mothers in fiction, mothers in fact". The Harvard Gazette. 26 February 2009. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Profile of Huguette Bouchardeau
  4. ↑ "Giscar Mitterrand lead voting". Modesto Bee. 27 April 1981. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  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.
  8. ↑ "Candidate à la présidentielle de 1981 et ex-ministre, la Stéphanoise Huguette Bouchardeau est décédée". Le Progrès. 21 May 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
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