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May 16, 1991 · Edith Campion was born on Jan. 27, 1934, in Boulogne-Billancourt, a Paris suburb. In 1959, she married Jacques Cresson, an executive with Peugeot.
Mar 17, 1999 · Ms Cresson, the 65-year-old former French prime minister and European Commissioner for Science, Research and Education, will go down in history as the woman who dragged the entire 20-member EU...
French economist and politician who was France's first woman prime minister. Born in France in 1934. Edith Cresson joined the Socialist Party (PS) in 1975. She served as mayor of Thure (1977) and from her seat in the European Parliament (1979) became known as an expert in agriculture.
Edith Cresson, née Edith Campion, (born January 27, 1934, Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France), premier of France from May 15, 1991, to April 2, 1992, the first woman in French history to serve as premier. Daughter of a French civil servant, she studied at the School of Higher Commercial Studies, earning a doctorate in demography, and in ...
Jul 20, 2004 · BRUSSELS: The European Commission has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to decide if the former commissioner, Ms Edith Cresson, abused her position by awarding dubious research...
Feb 15, 2000 · The European Commission has lifted the legal immunity protecting the former French prime minister, Edith Cresson. She faces charges of fraud during her tenure as the European Union's education...
Jun 20, 1991 · The first shot was fired by Edith Cresson, the first woman to become Prime Minister of France, who was quoted on Sunday as having said that 25 percent of Englishmen -- as well as Americans and...
