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Simone Veil

French politician (1927-2017) · France · On the map · Politicians · Died at 89

Simone Veil was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor and politician. Deported as a teenager to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later Bergen-Belsen, she became a prominent advocate for human dignity and European reconciliation.

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2017Died30 June 20172012Golden Class of the Honour Medal for Health and Social AffairsAwardGrand Cross of the Legion of HonourAward2011Schiller Prize of MarbachAward2010Heinrich Heine PrizeAward2009Grand Officer of the Legion of HonourAward2007Honorary Doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit BrusselAward2005Princess of Asturias Award for International CooperationAward1993Honorary Doctor of the University of AntwerpAward1982Honorary Citizen of BrusselsAward1981Charlemagne PrizeAward1980Honorary Doctor of the Hebrew University of JerusalemAward1979Honorary Doctor of the Bar-Ilan UniversityAward1977Monismanien PrizeAward1975Honorary Doctorate from Princeton UniversityAward1927Born13 July 1927

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Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour2012
Golden Class of the Honour Medal for Health and Social Affairs2012
Schiller Prize of Marbach2011
Heinrich Heine Prize2010
Coudenhove-Kalergi Plaque2010
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour2009
Honorary Doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel2007
Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation2005
Honorary Doctor of the University of Antwerp1993
Honorary Citizen of Brussels1982
Charlemagne Prize1981
Honorary Doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem1980
Honorary Doctor of the University of Edinburgh1980
Honorary Doctor of the Bar-Ilan University1979
Monismanien Prize1977
Honorary Doctorate from Princeton University1975
Knight of the National Order of Merit
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma
North-South Prize
Order of the Three Stars, 2nd Class
Honorary Doctor of the Université Libre de Bruxelles
Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry
Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Honorary Doctor of Brandeis University

About this person

As minister of health, she championed women's rights and is best remembered for the landmark 1975 law legalising abortion, known as the Veil Act.

Country
France
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2017 · aged 89

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