Key facts
- Preceded by
- José María Gil-Robles
- Succeeded by
- Pat Cox
- Prime minister
- Jean-Pierre Raffarin
- Constituency
- Île-de-France
- Born
- Nicole Garnier , ( 1942-01-16 ) 16 January 1942, Grainville-Ymauville , Occupied France
- Died
- 17 May 2018 (2018-05-17) (aged 76), Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
- Party
- UMP ;, EPP
- Spouse
- Jean-René Fontaine
- Alma mater
- Sciences Po
- Profession
- Lawyer
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nicole
- Family name
- Fontaine
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Grainville-Ymauville
- Place of death
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Position held
- Member of the European Parliament
- Educated at
- Paris Law Faculty
- Employer
- Sciences Po
- Political party
- Union for French Democracy
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Official portrait of Nicole Fontaine.jpg
- Work location
- Brussels
Show 6 more facts
- P10632
- Q255023
- date of birth
- 1942-01-16
- name in native language
- Nicole Fontaine
- Commons category
- Nicole Fontaine
- date of death
- 2018-05-17
- birth name
- Nicole Claude Marie Garnier
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Nicole Fontaine ( French pronunciation: [nikɔl fɔ̃tɛn]; 16 January 1942 – 17 May 2018) was a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France from 1984 until 2002 and from 2004 until 2009. She was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, part of the European People's Party. Fontaine was the President of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2002 and was then replaced by Pat Cox, from the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, in accordance with an agreement between the two groups at the start of the term.
Early life and education
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