Simone Veil

Simone Veil, DBE (French pronunciation: [simɔn vɛj] (listen); 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French lawyer and politician. She served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France.

Simone Veil DBE
12th President of the European Parliament
In office July 1979 – 1982
Preceded by	Emilio Colombo
Succeeded by	Piet Dankert
Minister of Health
In office 27 May 1974 – 4 July 1979
President	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Prime Minister	Jacques Chirac Raymond Barre
Preceded by	Michel Poniatowski
Succeeded by	Michel Poniatowski
In office 29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995
President	François Mitterrand
Prime Minister	Edouard Balladur
Deputy	Philippe Douste-Blazy
Preceded by	Bernard Kouchner
Succeeded by	Elisabeth Hubert
Personal details
Born	Simone Annie Liline Jacob (1927-07-13)13 July 1927 Nice, France
Died	30 June 2017(2017-06-30) (aged 89) Paris, France
Political party	UDF (1995-1997) UDI (Since 2012)
Spouse(s)	Antoine Veil
Profession	Lawyer, politician

She was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion D'Honneur in 2012.^[1]

She was of Jewish descent and survived the Holocaust.

Veil died in Paris on 30 June 2017, aged 89.^[2]