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Nicole Ameline | |
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 Nicole Ameline in 2008 | |
| Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Secretary-General | Ban Ki-moon António Guterres |
| Minister for Parity and Professional Equality | |
| In office 17 June 2002 –31 May 2005 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Vautrin |
| Member of the National Assembly for Calvados's 4th constituency | |
| In office 20 June 2007 –20 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Yves Boisseau |
| Succeeded by | Christophe Blanchet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 July 1952 Saint-Vaast-en-Auge,France |
| Political party | UMP |
| Alma mater | University of Caen |
Nicole Ameline (born 4 July 1952) is a French politician,lawyer,diplomat and women's rights advocate. She served as a member of the National Assembly of France for several terms between 1991 and 2017,and held various roles in the Government of France from 1995;she was Minister of the Sea in 2002 and Minister of Gender Equality from 2002 to 2005. She has been a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women since 2008 and was the committee's chairperson from 2013. [1]
She represented the department of Calvados as a member of The Republicans. [2]
Ameline also currently serves as the chair of the International Institute of Human Rights and Peace,Normandy. [3] [4]
