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Marie-France Garaud (French: [maʁi fʁɑ̃s gaʁo]; 6 March 1934 – 22 May 2024) was a French politician.

Life and career

Garaud was a private adviser to President Pompidou and Jacques Chirac during his first time as Prime Minister. In the 1970s, she was considered to be the most influential woman in France. She ran in the 1981 French presidential election and sat at the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004, elected on the list of Charles Pasqua and Philippe de Villiers. She died on 22 May 2024, at the age of 90.

Garaud voted "no" in the French Maastricht Treaty referendum and in the 2005 French European Constitution referendum.

Garaud died on 22 May 2024 in Saint-Pompain at the age of 90.

Books

• Garaud, Marie-France; Séguin, Philippe (1992). De l'Europe en général et de la France en particulier. Paris: Pré aux Clercs. ISBN 978-2714428998.
• Garaud, Marie-France (1992). Maastricht, pourquoi non. Paris: Plon. ISBN 9782259025614. OCLC 28425584.
• Garaud, Marie-France (2006). La Fête des fous : Qui a tué la Ve République ?. Paris: Plon. ISBN 9782259202596. OCLC 421297239.
• Garaud, Marie-France (2010). Impostures politiques. Paris: Plon. ISBN 9782259212540. OCLC 706029043.

References

1. Ramsay, Raylene L. (2003). French women in politics: writing power, paternal legitimization, and maternal legacies. Berghahn Books. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-57181-082-3.
2. "Marie-France Garaud, ancienne conseillère de Pompidou et Chirac, est morte à l'âge de 90 ans". Le Figaro. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
3. Noblecourt, Michel (23 May 2024). "Marie-France Garaud, ancienne conseillère de Georges Pompidou et de Jacques Chirac, est morte". Le Monde. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

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• People with Alzheimer's disease