Christiane Taubira
| Christiane Taubira | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 16 May 2012 – 27 January 2016 |
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| Prime Minister |
Jean-Marc Ayrault Manuel Valls |
| Preceded by | Michel Mercier |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Jacques Urvoas |
| Deputy of the National Assembly for French Guiana's 1st constituency |
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In office 2 April 1993 – 16 June 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Élie Castor |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel Serville |
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2 February 1952 Cayenne, French Guiana |
| Political party | Walwari |
| Other political affiliations |
Radical Party of the Left |
| Alma mater | Panthéon-Assas University |
Christiane Taubira or Christiane Taubira-Delannon (French: [kʁis.tjan to.bi.ʁa]; born 2 February 1952, Cayenne, French Guiana) is a French politician who on 15 May 2012, was appointed Minister of Justice of France in the Ayrault Government under President François Hollande. She resigned from office on January 27, 2016.
Christiane Taubira was born on 2 February 1952 in Cayenne, French Guiana. She studied at Panthéon-Assas University. Taubira is the sister of French Guianese politician Jean-Marie Taubira, who is Secretary General of Parti Progressiste Guyanais or Guianese Progressist Party in English.
Having served as President of the Walwari Party, Mme Taubira from 1993 served as a Deputy to the French National Assembly, being re-elected in 1997. Non-affiliated in 1993, she then voted in favour of the conservative Edouard Balladur to form a Cabinet of ministers in 1993. In 1994, she secured election as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), being the fourth on the Énergie Radicale list led by Bernard Tapie. In June 1997, she then joined the Socialist Party (PS), and then-Prime Minister Lionel Jospin (PS) appointed her to head a government commission into Gold mining in Guiana.
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