Irma Rapuzzi | |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1910 |
Birth Place: | Cadolive, France |
Death Place: | Marseille, France |
Known For: | Senator of Bouches-du-Rhône (1955-1989), Finance Committee member (1957-1971, 1974, 1976-1977, 1980-1989), member of the Law Commission (1977-1980). |
Irma Rapuzzi (12 April 1910 - 3 April 2018)[1] was a French politician.
She was born on 12 April 1910 in Cadolive, as the daughter of a miner. She began her career in politics in 1947 when she became a municipal councilor in Marseille. After this she was elected senator of Bouches-du-Rhône and went on to hold many other political positions in her life. She was the godmother of French politician Sylvie Andrieux.[2] She turned 100 in April 2010.[3]
Rapuzzi died in April 2018 in her home, nine days shy of her 108th birthday.[4]