Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Simone Veil

Simone Veil

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Dec 2020 at 19:19:43 (UTC)

Reason: I think the opening of the article says all you need know about her importance, which is a whole lot:

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Simone Veil née Jacob; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French magistrate and stateswoman who served as Health Minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman to hold that office. As health minister, she is best remembered for advancing women’s legal rights in France, in particular for the 1975 law that legalized abortion, today known as Loi Veil. From 1998 to 2007 she was a member of the Constitutional Council, France’s highest legal authority.

A Holocaust survivor, of both Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen, she was a firm believer in the unification of Europe as a way of guaranteeing peace. She served as President of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, from 2000 to 2007, then subsequently as honorary president. Among many honours, she was made an honorary dame in 1998, was elected to the Académie Française in 2008, and received the grand cross of the Légion d’honneur in 2012.

One of France’s most revered figures, Simone Veil and her husband were buried at the Panthéon on 1 July 2018. Her eulogy was given by President Emmanuel Macron.

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As for the image, well, it has a strong expression, is pretty good quality for a 1984 news photo. It's an award ceremony for the Four Freedoms Award, though I'm not sure how much that adds to the image's notablility given the articles don't actually mention it's from that. Still, it's high-resolution, and only as grainy as one would expect for the time.

Articles in which this image appears: Simone Veil +5
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: Rob Croes / Anefo; restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.7% of all FPs} 19:19, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:14, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 19:48, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. TheFreeWorld (talk) 10:30, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support (t · c) buidhe 19:55, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 11:33, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Andrei (talk) 13:29, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:57, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Simone Veil bij uitreiking Four Freedoms Awards in Middelburg, Bestanddeelnr 933-0124 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:29, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]