Édith Cresson Politician

Édith Cresson (French pronunciation: ​[edit kʁɛsɔ̃]; born Édith Campion, 27 January 1934) is a French politician. She was the first and so far only woman to have held the office of Prime Minister of France.

Personal facts

Édith Cresson
Birth dateJanuary 27, 1934
Birth place
French Third Republic , Boulogne-Billancourt
Education
HEC Paris

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Office holder

office
Prime Minister of France
European Commissioner for Research Science and Technology
party
Socialist Party (France)
president
successor

Topical connections

Anna GavaldaWriter
Édouard HerriotPrime minister
Albert SarrautPrime minister
Éric BessonPolitician
Élisabeth GuigouPolitician
Édouard DaladierPolitician
Édouard BalladurPolitician
André GlucksmannPhilosopher
Élie AboudPolitician
Éric WoerthPolitician

Édith Cresson on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://ec.europa.eu/archives/1995_99/commissioners/en/cresson.htm
  2. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/04/190&format=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en