Nafissa Sid-Cara or Nafissa Sidkara[1] (18 April 1910, in El Eulma, Algeria - 1 January 2002, Paris, France) was a French politician. Sid-Cara was the first female minister to serve in the French Fifth Republic as well as the first ever Algerian origin and Muslim woman to serve as a minister in a French government.[2] She was appointed Secretary of State in charge of social affairs in Algeria under Prime Minister Michel Debré in 1959–62.[3] This was the first time a woman was appointed into a French government since 1937.[4]
Sid-Cara's family were Algerians of Turkish origin;[1] her brother, Chérif Sid Cara was also a French politician.[1]