Nicole Questiaux is a French

French people

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Politician

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. She served as the Minister of National Solidarity from 1981 to 1983, under former President François Mitterand.

Biography

She was a member of the Centre d'études, de recherches et d'éducation socialiste, now known as the Citizen and Republican Movement

Citizen and Republican Movement

The Citizen and Republican Movement is a political party in France. The party replaced, in 2002, the Citizens' Movement founded by Jean-Pierre Chevènement, who left the Socialist Party in 1993 due to his opposition to the Persian Gulf War and to the Maastricht Treaty...

. 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 Bérégovoy

Pierre Eugène Bérégovoy was a French Socialist politician. He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1992 to 1993.-Early career:...

. In 1989, she gave the Chortley Lecture of the Modern Law Review

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