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Simone Veil (French: [simɔn vɛj] ⓘ; née Jacob; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and politician who served as Health Minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman to hold that office.
Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century (French: Simone, le voyage du siècle) is a French biographical drama film written and directed by Olivier Dahan. The film stars Elsa Zylberstein, Rebecca Marder, Olivier Gourmet and Elodie Bouchez. [4]
Meanwhile, her younger sister, Simone Veil, opted for a far more public life, becoming France's Minister of Health from 1974 to 1979 under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France. In 1973 and 1975, she played key roles in France's legalization of contraception and abortion.
Simone Veil, a French politician, and Holocaust survivor died at her home in Paris on Friday, her family said. She was 89 years old.
In 2008, French politician Simone Veil became only the sixth woman ever inducted into the Académie Française, an august institution tasked with the regulation of the French language. As a newly ...
Olivier Dahan’s “Simone, A Woman of the Century” completes the trilogy he began with the Edith Piaf biopic “La Vie en Rose,” starring Marion Cotillard, and “Grace of Monaco ...
The manifesto called for the legalization of abortion and free access to contraception. It paved the way for the "Veil Act" — named for Health Minister Simone Veil — which repealed the penalty for voluntarily terminating a pregnancy. The law was passed in December 1974 and January 1975, and afforded women the ability to abort during the ...
The Loi Veil, officially the "Law of 17 January 1975 on the voluntary termination of pregnancy" (French: loi du 17 janvier 1975 relative à l'interruption volontaire de grossesse), is a law pertaining to the decriminalization of abortion in France. It was prepared by Simone Veil, minister of health during the presidency of Valéry Giscard d ...