Colette Codaccioni

Colette Codaccioni is a French politician, who was Minister of Solidarity between generations in the French cabinet for part of 1995.

Biography

After studying at the Lille Faculty of Medicine, she became a midwife, worked in social action and entered politics with the RPR in 1981.

Career

Elected Nord general councillor in 1992, then Nord MP in 1993, after a first unsuccessful attempt against Pierre Mauroy in 1988, she was appointed rapporteur for family issues at the National Assembly before being appointed Minister on June 19, 1995. Her deputy, Jacques Richir, replaces her at the Assemblée Nationale.