Yvette Cooper is a British politician serving as Shadow Home Secretary under Keir Starmer since 2021,having also served in the position under Ed Miliband from 2011 to 2015. She previously served in Gordon Brown's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2008 to 2009 and Work and Pensions Secretary from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party,she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton,Pontefract and Castleford,previously Pontefract and Castleford,since 1997.
Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin,generally known as Roselyne Bachelot,is a French politician who served as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022) and as Minister of Solidarity and Social Cohesion (2010–2012) in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon. She was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement,which was part of the European People's Party.
Lise Payette was a Canadian politician,journalist,writer,and businesswoman. She was a Parti Québécois (PQ) minister under the leadership of Premier RenéLévesque and National Assembly of Quebec member for the riding of Dorion. Originally a journalist,Payette became a television host in the 1960s. She left politics in 1981 and returned to a successful career in television production and writing.
Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie,known in France as MAM,is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Republicans,part of the European People's Party. A member of all right-wing governments formed in the 1980s,1990s and 2000s,she was the first woman in France to hold the portfolios of Defense (2002–2007),the Interior (2007–2009) and Foreign Affairs (2010–2011);she has also been in charge of Youth and Sports (1993–1995) and Justice (2009–2010),and was granted the honorary rank of Minister of State in her last two offices.
Yvette Diane Clarke is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 9th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,she first entered Congress in 2007,representing New York's 11th congressional district until redistricting. Clarke represented the 40th district in Brooklyn on the New York City Council from 2002 to 2006.
Pessac is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a member of the metropolis of Bordeaux,being the second-largest suburb of Bordeaux and located just southwest of it. Pessac is also home to Bordeaux Montaigne University and the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux.
Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett was a New Zealand track-and-field athlete who was the first woman from her country to win an Olympic gold medal and to hold the world record in the women's long jump. Williams was named "Athlete of the Century" on the 100th anniversary of Athletics New Zealand,in 1987.
Yvette Marie Girouard is an American retired softball coach who was head coach at Southwestern Louisiana from 1981 to 2000 and LSU from 2001 to 2011.
Kimberley Yvette "Kim" Oden is a former volleyball player and two-time Olympian who played on the United States women's national volleyball team.
Wayne Bruce Berry,former Australian politician,was a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 2008,representing the electorate of Ginninderra for the Labor Party. Berry served as Deputy Chief Minister from 1991 to 1994,Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 1998 and Speaker of the Assembly from 2001 to 2008.
Redcliffe is a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral division in Brisbane,Queensland,Australia.
Yvette Maree D'Ath is an Australian politician. She is a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the seat of Redcliffe. D'Ath has served as the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence and Leader of the House. She was previously a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the outer Brisbane seat of Petrie from 2007 to 2013.
Benoîte Groult was a French journalist,writer,and feminist activist.
Yvette McGee Brown became the first African-American female justice on the Ohio Supreme Court when she took office on January 1,2011. She was the founding president of the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital,and was a judge of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas for nine years.
Yvette is a variation of the female given name Ivette,the French feminine form of Yves,which means yew or archer in some cases.
Yvette Bissonnet is a politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. She was a member of the Montreal city council from 2001 to 2009,serving as a member of the Montreal Island Citizens Union. She had previously served on the Saint-Leonard council before that city's amalgamation into Montreal.
Stella Yvette Herrell is an American politician and realtor who served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,she served four terms as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives for the 51st district from 2011 to 2019.
Louise Robic was a politician in Quebec. She represented Bourassa in the Quebec National Assembly from 1985 to 1994 as a Liberal.
Yvette Horner was a French accordionist,pianist and composer known for performing with the Tour de France during the 1950s and 1960s. During her 70-year long career,she gave more than two thousand concerts and released around 150 records,selling a total of 30 million copies.
