Christiane Taubira
French politician (born 1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Christiane Marie Taubira (French: [kʁistjan maʁi tobiʁa]; born 2 February 1952) is a French politician who served as Minister of Justice of France in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls under President François Hollande from 2012 until 2016.[1] She was a member of the National Assembly of France for French Guiana from 1993 to 2012 and member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999.
Christiane Taubira | |
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Minister of Justice | |
In office 16 May 2012 – 27 January 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault Manuel Valls |
Preceded by | Michel Mercier |
Succeeded by | Jean-Jacques Urvoas |
Regional Councillor of French Guiana | |
In office 26 March 2010 – 31 August 2012 | |
Member of the National Assembly for French Guiana's 1st constituency | |
In office 2 April 1993 – 16 June 2012 | |
Preceded by | Élie Castor |
Succeeded by | Gabriel Serville |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 19 July 1994 – 19 July 1999 | |
Constituency | France |
Personal details | |
Born | Christiane Marie Taubira (1952-02-02) 2 February 1952 (age 72) Cayenne, French Guiana, France |
Political party | Walwari |
Other political affiliations | Radical Party of the Left |
Children | 4 |
Relatives | Jean-Marie Taubira (brother) |
Alma mater | Panthéon-Assas University Paris-Sorbonne University |
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She won the 2022 French People's Primary, winning the right to stand as a "unity left" candidate in the 2022 French presidential election.[2] It was her second bid after the 2002 French presidential election where she failed to qualify to the second round after garnering only 2.32% of the votes in the first round. She dropped out of the race on 2 March 2022 after failing to get enough support to qualify.[3]