Marie-France Garaud
Marie-France Garaud (born Marie-France Quintard, 6 March 1934 – 22 May 2024) was a French politician and adviser. She started as a private adviser to President Georges Pompidou and later to Jacques Chirac during his first term as prime minister. In the 1970s she was widely viewed as one of France’s most influential women. Garaud ran for president in 1981.
She served as a member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004, representing the RPR party on the lists of Charles Pasqua and Philippe de Villiers. She was known for her strong views on Europe, voting “no” in both the 1992 Maastricht Treaty referendum and the 2005 referendum on a European Constitution.
Born in Poitiers, she studied at the University of Poitiers, was married to Louis Garaud, and had two children. Garaud died on 22 May 2024 in Saint-Pompain at the age of 90.
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