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| Edwige Avice | |
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|   Avice in 1981 | |
| Minister of Cooperation and Development | |
| In office 17 May 1991 –2 April 1992 | |
| President | François Mitterrand | 
| Prime Minister | Édith Cresson | 
| Preceded by | Jacques Pelletier | 
| Succeeded by | Marcel Debarge | 
| Minister delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 28 June 1988 –17 May 1991 | |
| President | François Mitterrand | 
| Prime Minister | Michel Rocard | 
| Secretary of State to the Minister of Defence | |
| In office 27 July 1984 –20 March 1986 | |
| President | François Mitterrand | 
| Prime Minister | Laurent Fabius | 
| Minister delegate for Leisure,Youth and Sports | |
| In office 22 May 1981 –27 July 1984 | |
| President | François Mitterrand | 
| Prime Minister | Pierre Mauroy | 
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 13,1945 Nevers,France | 
| Political party | Socialist Party | 
Edwige Avice (born 13 April 1945 in Nevers,France) is a French politician. [1]
Avice graduated from Sciences Po and worked in the international department of the Crédit lyonnais before serving as a policy officer in the Paris hospitals administration. [2]