Nicole Questiaux Explained

Nicole Questiaux (born 19 December 1930) is a French politician. She served as the Minister of National Solidarity from 1981 to 1983, under former President François Mitterrand.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Biography

She was a member of the Centre d'études, de recherches et d'éducation socialiste, now known as the Citizen and Republican Movement.^[1] From 1981 to 1983, she served as French Minister of National Solidarity, and was dubbed 'Queen of Hearts' for her disregard for keeping a budget.^{[1] [4]} She quit her position and was replaced by Pierre Bérégovoy.^[2] In 1989, she gave the Chortley Lecture of the Modern Law Review.^[5]

Bibliography

• Le pouvoir du social (1979)
• Traité du social : Situations, luttes, politiques, institutions (Études politiques, économiques et sociales) (1984)
• The Welfare state and its aftermath (1985, Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt (ed.), Ora Ahimeir (ed.))
• French administrative law (1987, withLionel Neville Brown, John Francis Garner)
• Le Conseil d'État français et la norme communautaire: l'hybridation entant que technique juridique (1997)

Notes and References

1. Thomas Rodney Christofferson, The French Socialists in power, 1981-1986: from autogestion to cohabitation, Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Press, 1991, p. 76 https://books.google.com/books?id=al75p9-aNYsC&dq=%22Nicole+Questiaux%22&pg=PA76
2. David Wilsford, Doctors and the state: the politics of health care in France and the United States, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1991 p.257 https://books.google.com/books?id=4bzgLh_z7YcC&dq=%22Nicole+Questiaux%22&pg=PA257
3. Raylene L. Ramsay, French women in politics: writing power, paternal legitimization, and maternal legacies, Berghahn Books, 2003, p. 106 https://books.google.com/books?id=nB25ForsR80C&dq=%22Nicole+Questiaux%22&pg=PA106
4. Scott Lash, John Urry, The end of organized capitalism, Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987, p. 268 https://books.google.com/books?id=ntmwoaZDR0UC&dq=%22Nicole+Questiaux%22&pg=PA268
5. http://www.modernlawreview.co.uk/chorley.asp Modern Law Review website