Nicole Bricq
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Nicole Bricq | |
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![]() Bricq in 2013 | |
Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy | |
In office 16 May 2012 – 21 June 2012 | |
President | François Hollande |
Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
Preceded by | François Fillon (Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing) |
Succeeded by | Delphine Batho |
Member of the National Assembly for Seine-et-Marne's 6th constituency | |
In office 12 June 1997 – 16 June 2002 | |
Preceded by | Pierre Quillet |
Succeeded by | Jean-François Copé |
Personal details | |
Born | La Rochefoucauld, France | 10 June 1947
Died | 6 August 2017 Poitiers, France | (aged 70)
Political party | Socialist Party (1972–2017) La République En Marche! (2017) |
Alma mater | University of Bordeaux |
Occupation | Politician |
Nicole Bricq (French pronunciation: [ni.kɔl bʁik]; 10 June 1947 – 6 August 2017) was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Seine-et-Marne department.
Early life and education
[edit]Bricq received a degree in private law from Montesquieu University in 1970.
Political career
[edit]From 1972 on Bricq was a member of the Socialist Party.
On 16 May 2012 Bricq was appointed Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy in the government of Jean-Marc Ayrault. After the 2012 legislative election, she was appointed Minister for Foreign Trade.[1] She was replaced at the Ministry of Ecology by Delphine Batho. Whereas some members of the government, such as Cécile Duflot, considered this nomination like a promotion, many[according to whom?] felt that it was due to the decision taken by Bricq to stop all drilling contracts signed with Shell in French Guiana, a decision that has been reversed since then.[citation needed]
In 2013, Bricq complained in a television interview that President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso had “done nothing during his term”, suggesting that Barroso’s reappointment in 2009 had been a mistake.[2] She also emerged as a vocal critic of how the European Commission led the negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.[3]
On 11 February 2014, Bricq was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in honor of President François Hollande at the White House.[4]
Bricq was one of the earliest supporters of Emmanuel Macron and his party, La République En Marche!, instead of supporting Socialist Party candidate, Benoît Hamon.[5]
Death
[edit]On 6 August 2017, Bricq died in hospital in Poitiers after an accidental fall.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Composition du Gouvernement". Gouvernement.fr. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ Joshua Chaffin (28 June 2013), French minister launches fresh attack on José Manuel Barroso Financial Times.
- ^ Sarah O’Connor and Joshua Chaffin (10 September 2013), Trade talks leave EU states at risk from US lawyers, says France Financial Times.
- ^ Expected Attendees at Tonight’s State Dinner Office of the First Lady of the United States, press release of 11 February 2014.
- ^ Cross, Tony (7 August 2017). "Former French minister, early Macron supporter Nicole Bricq dies in accident". Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Nicole Bricq, sénatrice et ancienne ministre de François Hollande, est morte". Le Monde. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
External links
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- 1947 births
- 2017 deaths
- Socialist Party (France) politicians
- French senators of the Fifth Republic
- Ministers of the environment of France
- Women members of the Senate (France)
- Women government ministers of France
- Renaissance (French political party) politicians
- Accidental deaths from falls
- Senators of Seine-et-Marne
- People from Charente
- Politicians from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- University of Bordeaux alumni
- 21st-century French women
- Socialist Party (France) politician stubs