Simone Veil

Simone Veil, DBE (; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French lawyer and politician. She served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France.

She was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion D'Honneur in 2012.

She was of Jewish descent and survived the Holocaust.

Veil died in Paris on 30 June 2017, aged 89.Simone Veil est décédée à 89 ans, Le Journal du Dimanche, 30 June 2017

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