Simone Veil
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Simone Veil was a French politician who lived from 1927 to 2017 and became one of France's most influential public figures of the late 20th century. She is particularly remembered for her role in legalizing abortion in France and for her long career dedicated to defending human rights and European integration.
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Simone Veil DBE ( French: [simɔn vɛj] ; née Simone Annie Jacob; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor and politician. Deported as a teenager to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later Bergen-Belsen, she became a prominent advocate for human dignity and European reconciliation. As minister of health, she championed women's rights and is best remembered for the landmark 1975 law legalising abortion, known as the Veil Act (French: Loi Veil).
In 1979, Veil became the first woman elected President of the European Parliament, symbolising both her stature and her commitment to European integration as a guarantee of peace. She later served on France’s Constitutional Council (1998–2007), the country’s highest legal authority, and as president of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, where she contributed to Holocaust remembrance and education.
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1927 births2017 deaths20th-century French Jews20th-century French lawyers20th-century French women lawyers20th-century women MEPs for France21st-century French womenActivists from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurAdvocates of women's reproductive rightsAuschwitz concentration camp survivorsBergen-Belsen concentration camp survivorsBiography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia