Nicole Questiaux (born 19 December 1930) is a French

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

. She served as the Minister of National Solidarity from 1981 to 1983, under former President François Mitterrand.Thomas Rodney Christofferson, ''The French Socialists in power, 1981-1986: from autogestion to cohabitation'', Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Press, 1991, p. 7

/ref>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.25

/ref>Raylene L. Ramsay, ''French women in politics: writing power, paternal legitimization, and maternal legacies'', Berghahn Books, 2003, p. 10

/ref>Scott Lash, John Urry, ''The end of organized capitalism'', Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987, p. 26

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Biography

She was a member of the ''Centre d'études, de recherches et d'éducation socialiste'', now known as the Citizen and Republican Movement. 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. She quit her position and was replaced by

Pierre Bérégovoy Pierre Eugène Bérégovoy (; 23 December 1925 – 1 May 1993) was a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under President François Mitterrand from 2 April 1992 to 29 March 1993. He was a member of the Socialist Party and ...

. In 1989, she gave the Chortley Lecture of the ''

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Bibliography

*''Le pouvoir du social'' (1979) *''Traité du social : Situations, luttes, politiques, institutions (Études politiques, économiques et sociales)'' (1984) *''The Welfare state and its aftermath'' (1985, Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt (ed.), Ora Ahimeir (ed.)) *''French administrative law'' (1987, withLionel Neville Brown, John Francis Garner) *''Le Conseil d'État français et la norme communautaire: l'hybridation entant que technique juridique'' (1997)

References

1930 births Living people Government ministers of France Politicians from Nantes Women government ministers of France {{France-politician-stub