Edith Cresson

Youth

His/her father, Gabriel Campion (1896-1959), left high bourgeoisie of tendency SFIO, is tax inspector. Detached with the embassy of France with Belgrade under the Mode of Vichy, he becomes then director of finances of the national help then president of the French company of bank and deposits.

She married Jacques Cresson, wire of doctor and director of the export of Peugeot, with which she has two girls.

Graduate of HECJF (School of high commercial teaching for young girls)
Doctor in Demography.

Political beginning

Adheres in 1965 to the Convention of the republican institutions.

Of 1975 with 1981, it is member of the management committee of the socialist party.
national secretary of the PS in 1974, in charge of youth and the students; member of the management committee of the PS 1974 - 1990;

In 1975, it knows its first contact with the vote for all. It is presented to Châtellerault against the Minister for the co-operation Pierre Abelin. It is beaten of accuracy.

At the time of the municipal elections of 1977, it is elected mayor of Thuré (commune of the suburbs of Châtellerault). One year later, it fails at the time of an partial cantonal election, it is victim of a bad carryforward of communist voices. The same year, it is beaten with legislative by Jean-Pierre Abelin but it will beat it in 1981 and 1988. At the time of its passage to the government it reinforces its local position, being elected general adviser in 1982 (re-elected in 1988 and 1994) then mayor of Châtellerault in 1983 (re-elected in 1989 and 1995) where his/her principal collaborators will be Gilbert Guérineau, Rene Croiset and Dominique Mallay.

Governmental functions

It is the first woman to see itself entrusting the ministry for Agriculture in the Mauroy government in 1981. It is very badly accommodated by the FNSEA whose leaders consider that the nomination of a woman testifies to the " contempt " in their connection.

It resigned of the government Rocard, because of its dissensions with the Prime Minister. It partly owes with that its nomination with the head of the government, in addition to its obvious new character. As a Prime Minister, it is at the origin of the transfer of the National school of administration to Strasbourg. It launched a draft amendment of the senatorial way of voting, by taking to face the members of the High assembly. After the hecatomb of the left to the regional elections of March 1992, President Mitterrand replaces it on April 2nd, 1992 by Pierre Bérégovoy.

May 15th, 1991 - April 2nd, 1992: Edith Cresson is the first woman to be reached the post of Prime Minister for the French Republic. Its passage to Matignon will last only ten months (followed by Pierre Bérégovoy the April 2nd 1992), its ideas Homophobe S which more is expressed without diplomacy (“the majority of the men the Anglo-Saxon countries are Homosexuels - perhaps not the majority - but in the USA there is of it already 25 %, and in the United Kingdom and in Germany it is quite similar. You cannot imagine that in the French history… I consider that it is about a kind of weakness. ”, mingle with other narrow qualifications (it will say publicly that the Japanese are “yellow ants. ”) and will make it extremely unpopular.

It is not represented with legislative in 1993 in Vienna. In December 1997, Lionel Jospin requires of him to leave its mandate of mayor due to office plurality of the mandates with that of European Commissioner; its first assistant Jöel Tondusson replaces it and it becomes assistant with the mayor (it will be re-elected in 2001). Then she will resign of the General advice in 1998 - always due to office plurality of the mandates.

Named with the European commission, Edith Cresson was in charge with Science, the Search and the Development for January 1995 in September 1999: it deals mainly with the questions of education, training and research. It was, four years later, at the origin of the spectacular collective resignation of this authority, itself being blamed and being accused for corruption affairs by the Belgian justice, which will pronounce a withdrawal of case thereafter.

the February 23rd 2006 the European Court of justice pronounces its stop in the case of the European commission against Mrs. Cresson and the French Republic.

It offusque of its puppet to the Bébête Show, the Amabotte panther. Its experiment was the book object of Elisabeth Schemla, Edith Cresson the trapped woman .

The July 11th 2006, the European Court of justice judged, old the Prime Minister French culprit of favoritism when it was European Commissioner. She has enfreint her obligations of police chief by engaging like member of her cabinet one of her close knowledge, Rene Berthelot, a dental surgeon. The European Court exempted it of any pecuniary penalty, whereas the Commission, asked for the total suppression of its rights to the retirement while the general lawyer of the Court preached the reduction by half of its emoluments and advantages.

In 2006, Edith Cresson engages in the support group of Ségolène Royal and announced her support for its candidature for the nomination of the PS for the presidential one. It also publishes a book in November 2006, French Histoires , which reconsiders its political experiment.

Career in industry

Engineer economist in various cabinets of studies.
After its resignation of the government in 1990, Edith Cresson becomes chairman of a new subsidiary company created especially for it by Didier Pineau-Valencienne, Schneider Industrie International Service , specialized in the international counsel.

Political mandates

1977 - 1983: mayor of Thuré (Vienna)
1979 - 1981: deputy with the the European Parliament
1981 - 1986: deputy of Vienna
1981 - 1983: Minister for the Agriculture of the government Mauroy
1982 - 1998: general adviser of Vienna
1983 - 1997: mayor of Châtellerault
1983 - 1984: Minister for the Foreign trade and tourism of the government Mauroy
1984 - 1986: Minister for the industrial Redeployment and the foreign trade of the government Fabius
1986 - 1988: deputy of Vienna
1988 - 1990: Minister for the European Businesses of the government Rocard
May 15th 1991 - April 2nd 1992: Prime Minister (Government Edith Cresson)
1994 - 1999: police chief European, in charge with science, the research and the development
1997 -: associated with the mayor of Châtellerault

European deputy

1979 - 1981: deputy with the the European Parliament

Mandate of Deputy

appointed PS of Vienna elected in 1981 re-elected in 1986 re-elected in 1988

Mandate Buildings

1977 - 1983: mayor of Thuré (Vienna)
1982 - 1998: general adviser of Vienna
1983 - 1997: mayor of Châtellerault
1997 -: associated with the mayor of Châtellerault

Governmental functions

1981 - 1983: Minister for the Agriculture of the government Mauroy
1983 - 1984: Minister for the Foreign trade and tourism of the government Mauroy
1984 - 1986: Minister for the industrial Redeployment and the foreign trade of the government Fabius
1988 - 1990: Minister for the European Businesses of the government Rocard
May 15th 1991 - April 2nd 1992: Prime Minister (Government Edith Cresson)

Functions with the Socialist party

Of 1975 with 1981, it is member of the management committee of the socialist party.
national secretary of the PS in 1974, in charge of youth and the students; member of the management committee of the PS 1974 - 1990;

Works

French Stories , autobiography with the Editions of the Rock, 2006
With the sun, Editions Jean-Claude Lattès, 1976
To innovate or undergo, political work with the Flammarion editions, 25.09.1998

External bond

Radioscopy of Edith CressonIna Files Tele

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