Simone Veil
Politician
1927 –
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Who is Simone Veil?
Simone Veil, DBE is a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France.
A survivor from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp where she lost part of her family, she is the Honorary President of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah. She was elected to the Académie française in November 2008.
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- Born
- Jul 13, 1927
Nice - Also known as
- Simone Annie Liline Jacob
- Simone Jacob
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Antoine Veil
(1946/10/26 - )
- Antoine Veil
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- Sciences Po
- University of Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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