Solange Fernex was a French

France

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 pacifist activist and politician, born on 15 April 1934 at Strasbourg

Strasbourg

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, France, and died from cancer on 11 September 2006, at Biederthal

Biederthal

Biederthal is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

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She led Europe-Ecologie list for the first European elections in 1979. This list got 4.39% of votes, with a total of 888,134 votes.

In 1983, she participated in the Fast for Life

Fast for Life

The Fast for Life was an international movement for nuclear disarmament which culminated in August 1983 when 13 people fasted in several cities from 6 August, anniversary of Hiroshima nuclear bombing....

, fasting 40 days in Paris for nuclear disarmament

Nuclear disarmament

Nuclear disarmament refers to both the act of reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons and to the end state of a nuclear-free world, in which nuclear weapons are completely eliminated....

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In 1984 she participated in the foundation of the Green Party

The Greens (France)

The Greens were a Green political party to the centre-left of the political spectrum in France. They had officially been in existence since 1984, but their spiritual roots could be traced as far back as René Dumont’s candidacy for the presidency in 1974...

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She received in September 2000, for her resistance against nuclear weapons, the Nuclear-Free Future Award

Nuclear-Free Future Award

Since 1998 the Nuclear-Free Future Award is an award given to anti-nuclear activists, organizations and communities. The award is intended to promote the opposition to uranium mining, nuclear weapons and nuclear power....

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She was married to physician and social activist Michel Fernex

Michel Fernex

Michel Fernex is a Swiss medical doctor, from the Medical Faculty University of Basel. He is a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. He was a member of the Steering Committee on Tropical Diseases Research in the World Health...

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