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Nicole Bricq
Bricq in 2013
Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
In office
16 May 2012 – 21 June 2012
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded byFrançois Fillon (Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing)
Succeeded byDelphine Batho
Member of the National Assembly
for Seine-et-Marne's 6th constituency
In office
12 June 1997 – 16 June 2002
Preceded byPierre Quillet
Succeeded byJean-François Copé
Personal details
Born(1947-06-10)10 June 1947
La Rochefoucauld, France
Died6 August 2017(2017-08-06) (aged 70)
Poitiers, France
Political partySocialist Party (1972–2017)
La République En Marche! (2017)
Alma materUniversity of Bordeaux
OccupationPolitician

Nicole Bricq (French pronunciation: [ni.kɔl bʁik]; 10 June 1947 – 6 August 2017) was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Seine-et-Marne department.

Early life and education

Bricq received a degree in private law from Montesquieu University in 1970.

Political career

From 1972 on Bricq was a member of the Socialist Party.

On 16 May 2012 Bricq was appointed Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy in the government of Jean-Marc Ayrault. After the 2012 legislative election, she was appointed Minister for Foreign Trade.[1] She was replaced at the Ministry of Ecology by Delphine Batho. Whereas some members of the government, such as Cécile Duflot, considered this nomination like a promotion, many[according to whom?] felt that it was due to the decision taken by Bricq to stop all drilling contracts signed with Shell in French Guiana, a decision that has been reversed since then.[citation needed]

In 2013, Bricq complained in a television interview that President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso had “done nothing during his term”, suggesting that Barroso’s reappointment in 2009 had been a mistake.[2] She also emerged as a vocal critic of how the European Commission led the negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.[3]

On 11 February 2014, Bricq was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in honor of President François Hollande at the White House.[4]

Bricq was one of the earliest supporters of Emmanuel Macron and his party, La République En Marche!, instead of supporting Socialist Party candidate, Benoît Hamon.[5]

Death

On 6 August 2017, Bricq died in hospital in Poitiers after an accidental fall.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Composition du Gouvernement". Gouvernement.fr. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ^ Joshua Chaffin (28 June 2013), French minister launches fresh attack on José Manuel Barroso Financial Times.
  3. ^ Sarah O’Connor and Joshua Chaffin (10 September 2013), Trade talks leave EU states at risk from US lawyers, says France Financial Times.
  4. ^ Expected Attendees at Tonight’s State Dinner Office of the First Lady of the United States, press release of 11 February 2014.
  5. ^ Cross, Tony (7 August 2017). "Former French minister, early Macron supporter Nicole Bricq dies in accident". Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Nicole Bricq, sénatrice et ancienne ministre de François Hollande, est morte". Le Monde. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
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