Colette Codaccioni

{{Short description|French politician}}

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{{ infobox Politician

| name = Colette Codaccioni

| image = Colette Codaccionni procession de foi Législatives de 1993 dans le Nord.jpg

| office = Minister of Solidarity between generations

| term_start = 18 May 1995

| term_end = 7 November 1995

| president = Jacques Chirac

| primeminister = Alain Juppé

| predecessor = Laurent Cathala

| successor = Ségolène Royal

| office2 = Member of the National Assembly
for Nord's 1st constituency

| term_start2 = 2 April 1993

| term_end2 = 18 June 1995

| predecessor2 = Pierre Mauroy

| successor2 = Jacques Richir

| birth_name = Colette Roussez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|06|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Winnezeele, France

| party = RPR

| alma_mater = University of Lille

| profession = Midwife

}}

Colette Codaccioni (born 11 June 1942) is a French politician, who was Minister of Solidarity between generations in the French cabinet for part of 1995.{{cite web |title=Politique : " Juppé nous a tuées, mais... " |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/magazine/grand-angle/politique-juppe-nous-a-tuees-mais-18-12-2014-4384609.php |website=Le Parisien |language=fr }}{{cite news |title=Agnès Buzyn, assujettie à la mise en oeuvre de la politique relative aux personnes âgées et la dépendance — Silver Economie |url=https://www.silvereco.fr/agnes-buzyn-assujettie-a-la-mise-en-oeuvre-de-la-politique-relative-aux-personnes-agees-et-la-dependance/3181011 |work=www.silvereco.fr |language=fr-FR}}{{cite news |title=Le 8 mars de TV5MONDE avec cinq femmes puissantes |url=https://information.tv5monde.com/terriennes/le-8-mars-de-tv5monde-avec-cinq-femmes-puissantes-157608 |publisher=TV5Monde |date=5 March 2017 |language=fr}}

Biography

After studying at the Lille Faculty of Medicine, she became a midwife, worked in social action and entered politics with the RPR in 1981.

Career

Elected Nord general councillor in 1992, then Nord MP in 1993, after a first unsuccessful attempt against Pierre Mauroy in 1988, she was appointed rapporteur for family issues at the National Assembly before being appointed Minister on June 19, 1995. Her deputy, Jacques Richir, replaces her at the Assemblée Nationale.

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