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Édith Cresson
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Person

Édith Cresson

b. 1934

Prime Minister of France from 1991 to 1992

Born
27 Jan 1934 · Boulogne-Billancourt

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 106 years
  1. 27 Jan 1934BornBorn in Boulogne-Billancourt
  2. 1979 – 1981RoleMember of the European Parliament
  3. 1981 – 1983RoleMinister of Agriculture of France
  4. 1981RoleMember of the French National Assembly
  5. 1983 – 1997RoleMayor of Châtellerault
  6. 1986 – 1988RoleMember of the French National Assembly
  7. 1988RoleMember of the French National Assembly
  8. 1991 – 1992RolePrime Minister of France
  9. 1995 – 1999RoleEuropean Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science
  10. 1999AwardHonorary doctorate
  11. 2013AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1934 – today).

  1. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  2. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  3. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  4. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1938Munich Agreement
  6. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  7. 1939 – 1945World War II
  8. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  9. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  10. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  11. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  12. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  13. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  14. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  15. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  17. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  18. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  20. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  21. 1956Suez Crisis
  22. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  24. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  26. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  28. 1968Prague Spring
  29. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  30. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  31. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  32. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  34. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  35. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  36. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  37. 1985Schengen Agreement
  38. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  39. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  40. 19901990 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Édith Jeanne Thérèse Cresson (French: [edit kʁɛsɔ̃]; née Campion; born 27 January 1934) is a French politician of the Socialist Party. She served as Prime Minister of France from 1991 to 1992, the first woman to do so and only woman until Élisabeth Borne's appointment in 2022. Her political career ended in scandal as a result of corruption charges dating from her tenure as European Commissioner for Research, Science and Technology.

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