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Germaine Poinso-Chapuis
Germaine Poinso-Chapuis (6 March 1901, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône – 20 February 1981) was a French politician. She was the first woman to hold a Cabinet-level post in the French government. Her political convictions have been characterized as bearing the influence of both Catholic and feminist traditions.
Political career.
Born Germaine Chapuis in the Bouches-du-Rhône district of Marseille, Poinso-Chapuis was one of the first women in the city to qualify and practice
1952–1953
- – Director of the National Police of France: 1936–1938; Councillor of State of France: 1938–1944
- – Mayor of Marseille: 1861–1862
- Germaine Poinso-Chapuis – Minister of Health of France: 1947–1948
- Brune Poirson – Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition: 2017–present
- Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis – Minister of Public Worship of France: 1804–1807
- Georges Ripert – Secretary of State for Public Instruction and Youth of France: Sep–Dec 1940