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Marie-Madeleine Dienesch (1914–1998) was a French politician who served as a member of the
National Assembly of France The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known a ...
and a Member of the European Parliament over a period of 35 years. She was the second woman to be a French minister.


Life

Born in
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, Dienesch moved to France at a young age, and attended a girls' college in
Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...
before graduating from the University of Paris. She was a teacher during World War II, and after the war ended she began to get involved in politics. A plaque in the National Assembly records her contribution Dienesch was elected to the French Fourth Republic parliament out of
Côtes-d'Armor's 3rd constituency The 3rd constituency of the Côtes-d'Armor is a French legislative constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct i ...
in November 1945, and she served in that position through 1981. She supported the Presidency of
Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ...
en route to the founding of the Fifth French Republic in 1958, and as one of the few women actively in politics through the Fourth Republic, she became a regional leader for the Popular Republican Movement. In 1968, she became the second female government minister in France after Nafissa Sid Cara when she was named State Secretary for National Education, a position that allowed her to sit in on cabinet meetings. She served in that position for three months, then served as Secretary of State for Social Assistance and Rehabilitation from 1968 to 1974. From 1975 to 1978, Dienesch was named the French Ambassador to Luxembourg, and in 1979 she was elected to the European Parliament, and served as a member of the European Progressive Democrats group. She resigned from the position a year later, and retired from politics altogether in 1981.


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