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Louise Moreau (politician)

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Louise Moreau
Member of the National Assembly
In office
3 April 1978 – 1 April 1986
Preceded byBernard Cornut-Gentille
Succeeded byProportional by department
ConstituencyAlpes-Maritimes's 5th constituency (1981–1986)
In office
2 April 1986 – 14 May 1988
ConstituencyAlpes-Maritimes (1986–1988)
In office
23 June 1988 – 5 February 2001
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byBernard Brochand
ConstituencyAlpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency (1988–2001)
Member of the European Parliament for France
In office
17 July 1979 – 23 July 1984
Personal details
BornLouise Julienne Jeanne Mont-Reynaud
(1921-01-29)29 January 1921
Grenoble, Isère, France
Died5 February 2001(2001-02-05) (aged 80)
Paris, France
PartyUnion for French Democracy
Spouse
Pierre Moreau
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(died)​
Children1
Awards

Louise Julienne Jeanne Moreau (née Mont-Reynaud; 29 January 1921 – 5 February 2001) was a French politician of the Union for French Democracy (UFD) party. She was the mayor of the town of Mandelieu-la-Napoule from 1971 to 1995. Moreau was a deputy in Alpes-Maritimes in the National Assembly from 1978 to 2001 and was a Member of the European Parliament of the European People's Party Group for France from 1979 to 1984. She was a recipient of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 and the Resistance Medal and was appointed an Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Early life

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Moreau was born in Grenoble, Isère on 29 January 1921.[1] She was the daughter of the Bank of France director Pierre-François Mont-Reynaud and Marie-Pierrette Mont-Reynaud (née Lanfranchi).[1][2] Moreau studied for a Bachelor of Science degree.[2]

Career

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In August 1940, she joined the French Resistance headed by Charles de Gaulle in London.[3][4] Following the Liberation of France, Moreau travelled around the world.[5] She was sent to the United States as an associate of Georges Bidault as an delegate to the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco.[4] Moreau was Secretary General of the first congress of the Europe-Africa Inter-Parliamentary Association in 1959.[1][6] She was appointed vice-president of the Democratic Centre in 1967.[4][5] A resident of Mandelieu-la-Napoule,[5] Moreau was elected the town's mayor in 1971 and remained in the role until 1995.[4] She became a member of the political bureau of the Democratic Centre in 1976 and became the party's national secretary the following year.[5]

In 1978, Moreau was elected to represent Alpes-Maritimes's 5th constituency in the National Assembly at that year's legislative election on 19 March as a member of the Union for French Democracy (UFD) party.[2] She was reelected at each subsequent election until the 1997 French legislative election.[2][5] Moreau was a vice-president of the National Assembly on two occasions, firstly from 1984 to 1985 and secondly from 1997 to 1998.[4] She was a member of the Parliamentary Delegation for Audiovisual Communication, the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Economic Affairs Committee,[7] and the committee of the French Association for the Atlantic Community.[1][2] Moreau was also a full member of the Conseil National du Tourisme [fr],[7] chairman of the France-Brazil friendship group, deputy chairman of the France-USA friendship group and a deputy chairman of the UFD group in the National Assembly in 1986.[1] She was a committee member of the French delegation to the European Movement.[1][6]

From 17 July 1979 to 23 July 1984, she was an elected Member of the European Parliament for France of the European People's Party Group.[8] Moreau was a member of the Committee on External Economic Relations and the Delegation for relations with the United States.[8] She was a member of the Polo de Paris club.[2]

Personal life

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She was married to the businessman Pierre Moreau. They had one child.[4] Moreau died at the Hôpital Cochin in Paris on 5 February 2001.[5]

Awards and legacy

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She was a recipient of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 and the Resistance Medal for her actions during the Second World War.[3] Moreau was appointed an Officer of the Legion of Honour for military service.[3][6] She has been honoured at the Saint-Jean cemetery in Mandelieu-la Napoule every year since her death.[9] The Boulevard du Midi [fr] in Cannes was named for her.[10]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dolling, Yolanda, ed. (1991). "Moreau, Louise". Who's Who of Women in World Politics. London: Bowker-Saur. p. 163. ISBN 0-86291-627-5 – via Internet Archive.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Louise Moreau". Who's Who in France (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Décès de la députée UDF Louise Moreau" [Death of UDF MP Louise Moreau]. Libération (in French). 6 February 2001. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bezat, Jean-Michel (8 February 2001). "Louise Moreau". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "La députée UDF Louise Moreau est morte" [UDF MP Louise Moreau has died]. Le Nouvel Obs (in French). 5 February 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 "Moreau, Louise". The International Who's Who of Women 1997 (2nd ed.). London, England: Europa Publications Limited. 1997. p. 339. ISBN 1-85743-027-1 – via Internet Archive.
  7. 1 2 "Mme Louise Moreau" [Mrs. Louise Moreau] (in French). National Assembly. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Louise Moreau". European Parliament. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  9. ↑ Santacroce, Léa (7 February 2017). "Hommage à une grande dame, Louise Moreau" [A tribute to a great lady, Louise Moreau]. Nice-Matin (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Dartigues, Alain (26 March 2007). "Jacques Chirac : l'adieu aux armes," [Jacques Chirac: Farewell to Arms]. Paris Côte d'Azur (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2026.
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