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Simone Veil
1927 – 2017
About this person
Wikipedia SummarySimone Veil 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.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
July 13, 1927
Nice
Date of death
June 30, 2017
7th arrondissement of Paris
Citizenship
France · Belgium
Occupations & fields
politicianmagistratelawyerauthorjudgejurist
Awards & honours
Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourKnight of the National Order of MeritDame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireSchiller Prize of MarbachCharlemagne PrizePrincess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
- Field and occupation
- francúzska právnička a pravicová politička
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