Edwige Antier (born 15 May 1942) is a French paediatrician and former politician. She was one of two women elected to the Territorial Assembly of New Caledonia in 1977, the territory's first female legislators. She was served in the

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as a representative of Paris's 4th constituency.

Biography

Antier was born in

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in 1942.Mme Edwige Antier
National Assembly After an internship at the

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, she moved to New Caledonia in 1972, where she worked as a paediatrician and became a member of the territory's Council of the Order of Physicians. She also became involved in politics and headed the Union for the Renewal of New Caledonia party for the

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. Considered a party of right-wing intelligentsia, it won a single seat in the South constituency, taken by Antier-Lagarde.New Caledonia's poll:Independence the issue
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', November 1977, p37 Alongside

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, she became one of the first two women in the Territorial Assembly. She was elected vice president of the Assembly, and became president of the Health Commission. In 1979 she returned to France, she worked at the Baudelocque maternity hospital and in a private maternity hospital, as well as practicing at a medical office in Paris. She also started a broadcasting career, joining

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in 1981 and then

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from 1987. She also published several books for parents. In 2001, she became a member of the board of directors of the Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris. In the same year she was elected as a city councillor in Paris, serving until 2008. In the 2007 National Assembly elections, she was elected as a substitute for

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deputy

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. After Lellouche was made Secretary of State for European Affairs, Antier became a full member of the National Assembly in July 2009. She became a member of the Social Affairs Commission, and authored a bill aiming to abolish corporal punishment for children. After losing her seat in the

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, she was a founder member of the

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.Liste des membres fondateurs de l'UDI
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References

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