Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07PARIS265
2007-01-23 15:59:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - FRANCE
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 000265
SIPDIS
STATE FOR S/WE SMEHRA, GLANE; ALSO FOR EUR/PPD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KWMN PHUM PREL FR
SUBJECT: NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - FRANCE
REF: STATE 178055
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 000265
SIPDIS
STATE FOR S/WE SMEHRA, GLANE; ALSO FOR EUR/PPD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KWMN PHUM PREL FR
SUBJECT: NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - FRANCE
REF: STATE 178055
1. SUMMARY: In response reftel, Mission France identified ten (10)
influential women in politics, business, civil society and media.
END SUMMARY.
2. Retel asked posts to contribute names to a worldwide roster of
women leaders for contact use by the Secretary and other Department
principals. Listing for ten prominent French women follows,
including brief descriptions and contact information:
- Segolene Royal - 2007 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate;
Deputy of "Les Deux-Sevres"; President of Poitou-Charentes Region;
Former Minister of Education
Contact information:
Prsidente de la Region Poitou-Charentes
15, rue de l'ancienne comedie
86021 Poitiers Cedex
Tl: +33 5 49 55 77 00
Fax: +33 5 49 55 77 88
Email Secretary: sroyal@assemblee-nationale.fr
- Michele Alliot-Marie - Minister of Defense ; Former President of
RPR, ex-UMP (Chirac's political party),1999-2002)
Contact information:
Ministre d'Etat, Ministre de la Dfense
14, rue Saint-Dominique
00452 Armees
Tel: +33 1 42 19 30 11
- Laurence Parisot - President of MEDEF - Mouvement des Entreprises
de France (Association of French CEOs); Chairman of the Supervisory
Board, IFOP Group
Contact information:
Presidente du M.E.D.E.F.
55, avenue Bosquet
75007 Paris
Secretaries' phones: +33 1 53 59 19 20 (Ms. Codevelle, secretary)
SIPDIS
and +33 1 53 59 19 08 (Ms. Servazeix, secretary)
Office Phone at IFOP: +33 1 45 84 14 44
Email secretary: info@ifop.com
- Christine Lagarde - External Trade Minister. Former head of law
firm Baker & McKenzie. Employment and antitrust specialist and
former national team synchronized swimmer.
Contact information:
Ministre Deleguee au Commerce Exterieur
139, rue de Bercy
Teledoc 143
75012 Paris
Tel: +33 1 53 18 46 00/01
- Simone Veil - Member of the Constitutional Council; First woman
president of the European Parliament; Auschwitz deportee; Former
Minister of Health and Social Affairs
Contact information:
Conseil Constitutionnel
2, rue Monpensier
75001 Paris
Tel: +33 1 42 93 00 60 (Secretary)
Office phone: +33 1 40 15 30 12 (Conseil Constitutionnel)
- Bernadette Chirac - First Lady of France. Wife of President
Jacques Chirac
Contact Information:
Prsidence de la Republique
Palais de l'Elysee
55 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore
75008 Paris
Tel: +33 1 42 92 86 01/02
Protocol: +33 01 42 92 84 78
- Anne Lauvergeon - AREVA CEO. Former Assistant-general secretary of
the Elysee, in charge of International Economy (Mitterrand)
Contact Information:
Prsident du Directoire du groupe AREVA
27-29 rue Le Peletier
75433 Paris cedex 09
Tel: +33 1 44 83 24 02
Fax: +33 1 44 83 25 25
Email: Anne.lauvergeon@areva.com
- Christiane Taubira - Deputy for Guyana in the National Assembly
and great black voice in France. She has just associated herself
with Segolene Royal's campaign team as an "independent voice."
Contact Information:
Assemblee Nationale, Palais Bourbon
Casier de la poste
75355 Paris 07 SP
Office telephone: +33 1 40 63 71 60
- Aude Zienseniss de Thuin - Founder and President, Women's Forum
For the Economy and Society - held annually early October in
Deauville (U/S Hughes and other prominent women have been among the
participants.)
Contact information:
Women's Forum for the Economy & Society
Wetcos, 13 rue Royal, 75008 Paris, France
Office telephone: +33 1 58 18 62 00
Email: contact@womens-forum.com
- Fadela Amara - President of the Movement "Ni Putes Ni Soumises"
(Neither Whores nor Submissives") - a women's NGO reaching out to
French minorities and combating discrimination and violence against
women/youth.
Contact Information:
Presidente
Mouvement "Ni Putes Ni Soumises"
Maison de la Mixite
70, rues des Rigoles
75020 Paris
Office Phone : +33 1 53 46 63 06
Email : sihem.h@niputesnisoumises.com (Public Relations)
Web Site : http://www.niputesnisoumises.com/
4. Post officers following women's issues are PAS CAO Helen L.
Margiou, phone: +33 1 43 12 47 79, email: MargiouHL@state.gov; PAS
ACAO Colombia Barrosse, phone number: +33 1 43 12 45 41, email:
BarrosseCX@state.gov
STAPLETON
SIPDIS
STATE FOR S/WE SMEHRA, GLANE; ALSO FOR EUR/PPD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KWMN PHUM PREL FR
SUBJECT: NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - FRANCE
REF: STATE 178055
1. SUMMARY: In response reftel, Mission France identified ten (10)
influential women in politics, business, civil society and media.
END SUMMARY.
2. Retel asked posts to contribute names to a worldwide roster of
women leaders for contact use by the Secretary and other Department
principals. Listing for ten prominent French women follows,
including brief descriptions and contact information:
- Segolene Royal - 2007 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate;
Deputy of "Les Deux-Sevres"; President of Poitou-Charentes Region;
Former Minister of Education
Contact information:
Prsidente de la Region Poitou-Charentes
15, rue de l'ancienne comedie
86021 Poitiers Cedex
Tl: +33 5 49 55 77 00
Fax: +33 5 49 55 77 88
Email Secretary: sroyal@assemblee-nationale.fr
- Michele Alliot-Marie - Minister of Defense ; Former President of
RPR, ex-UMP (Chirac's political party),1999-2002)
Contact information:
Ministre d'Etat, Ministre de la Dfense
14, rue Saint-Dominique
00452 Armees
Tel: +33 1 42 19 30 11
- Laurence Parisot - President of MEDEF - Mouvement des Entreprises
de France (Association of French CEOs); Chairman of the Supervisory
Board, IFOP Group
Contact information:
Presidente du M.E.D.E.F.
55, avenue Bosquet
75007 Paris
Secretaries' phones: +33 1 53 59 19 20 (Ms. Codevelle, secretary)
SIPDIS
and +33 1 53 59 19 08 (Ms. Servazeix, secretary)
Office Phone at IFOP: +33 1 45 84 14 44
Email secretary: info@ifop.com
- Christine Lagarde - External Trade Minister. Former head of law
firm Baker & McKenzie. Employment and antitrust specialist and
former national team synchronized swimmer.
Contact information:
Ministre Deleguee au Commerce Exterieur
139, rue de Bercy
Teledoc 143
75012 Paris
Tel: +33 1 53 18 46 00/01
- Simone Veil - Member of the Constitutional Council; First woman
president of the European Parliament; Auschwitz deportee; Former
Minister of Health and Social Affairs
Contact information:
Conseil Constitutionnel
2, rue Monpensier
75001 Paris
Tel: +33 1 42 93 00 60 (Secretary)
Office phone: +33 1 40 15 30 12 (Conseil Constitutionnel)
- Bernadette Chirac - First Lady of France. Wife of President
Jacques Chirac
Contact Information:
Prsidence de la Republique
Palais de l'Elysee
55 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore
75008 Paris
Tel: +33 1 42 92 86 01/02
Protocol: +33 01 42 92 84 78
- Anne Lauvergeon - AREVA CEO. Former Assistant-general secretary of
the Elysee, in charge of International Economy (Mitterrand)
Contact Information:
Prsident du Directoire du groupe AREVA
27-29 rue Le Peletier
75433 Paris cedex 09
Tel: +33 1 44 83 24 02
Fax: +33 1 44 83 25 25
Email: Anne.lauvergeon@areva.com
- Christiane Taubira - Deputy for Guyana in the National Assembly
and great black voice in France. She has just associated herself
with Segolene Royal's campaign team as an "independent voice."
Contact Information:
Assemblee Nationale, Palais Bourbon
Casier de la poste
75355 Paris 07 SP
Office telephone: +33 1 40 63 71 60
- Aude Zienseniss de Thuin - Founder and President, Women's Forum
For the Economy and Society - held annually early October in
Deauville (U/S Hughes and other prominent women have been among the
participants.)
Contact information:
Women's Forum for the Economy & Society
Wetcos, 13 rue Royal, 75008 Paris, France
Office telephone: +33 1 58 18 62 00
Email: contact@womens-forum.com
- Fadela Amara - President of the Movement "Ni Putes Ni Soumises"
(Neither Whores nor Submissives") - a women's NGO reaching out to
French minorities and combating discrimination and violence against
women/youth.
Contact Information:
Presidente
Mouvement "Ni Putes Ni Soumises"
Maison de la Mixite
70, rues des Rigoles
75020 Paris
Office Phone : +33 1 53 46 63 06
Email : sihem.h@niputesnisoumises.com (Public Relations)
Web Site : http://www.niputesnisoumises.com/
4. Post officers following women's issues are PAS CAO Helen L.
Margiou, phone: +33 1 43 12 47 79, email: MargiouHL@state.gov; PAS
ACAO Colombia Barrosse, phone number: +33 1 43 12 45 41, email:
BarrosseCX@state.gov
STAPLETON