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Catherine Lalumière (born 3 August 1935 in Rennes) is a French politician of the
Radical Party of the Left The Radical Party of the Left (french: Parti radical de gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG was a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Soc ...
. Before her political career, she lectured on public law at the
University of Rennes The University of Rennes is a public research university which will be officially reconstituted on 1 January 2023 and located in the city of Rennes, in Upper Brittany, France. The University of Rennes has been divided for almost 50 years, before ...
and
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. She began a foray into politics in 1981 as Minister of Consumption in the cabinet of
Pierre Mauroy Pierre Mauroy (; 5 July 1928 – 7 June 2013) was a French Socialist politician who was Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984 under President François Mitterrand. Mauroy also served as Mayor of Lille from 1973 to 2001. At the time of his de ...
, and held several offices throughout the 1980s. She served as
Secretary General of the Council of Europe The Secretary General of the Council of Europe (french: Secrétaire général du Conseil de l'Europe, links=no) is appointed by the Parliamentary Assembly on the recommendation of the Committee of Ministers for a period of five years. The secreta ...
from 1989 to 1994, and became a member of the European Parliament in 1994, re-elected in 1999 until 2004. She has been Vice-President of the International
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where she chaired the Working Group on Enlargement. Lalumière is currently President of the Maison de l'Europe de Paris.


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1935 births Living people Politicians from Rennes Council of Europe Secretaries-General Radical Party of the Left politicians Radical Party (France) MEPs MEPs for France 1994–1999 MEPs for France 1999–2004 20th-century women MEPs for France 21st-century women MEPs for France Women government ministers of France Officiers of the Légion d'honneur {{France-politician-RPV-stub