By: Deepthi Krishna

 

 

 

 

The slideshow above is filled with my memories as a buisines woman and a politician. 

Pays/Ville

I grew up in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

 

Details Personnels:

Hello I am Edith Cresson. My father was a senior civil servant, so I was brought up by a British nanny, which helped me become fluent in English. At first I  decided to pursue the career of a businesswoman. After I met the future president of France, François Mitterrand, I decided to take the path of politics. As our friendship grew, I gradually earned the nickname "my little soldier" from him. I am very proud of my career so far, for I have successfully become the first woman Prime Minister of France. I have also accomplished many other political achievements such as serving as the minister of multiple other affairs as well. In addition, ten years after Mitterrand became president, he asked me to form a new government because he was dissatisfied with the way things were going with the current government at that time. I was sought out by many to help with trade and political affairs. Throughout my carrer I was also fighting for French prejudice against women in politics. I have encountered some dificulties as well. For example, I was known for bashing on the Japanese government, and for this I did encounter much critisism. Throughout my career as a politician, I have done many outstanding things. Although, I could never have done any of it without my friend Philippe Berthelot. He served as my personal adviser and always helped me through my rough patches to get back on track.

 

Date de Naissance:

January 27, 1934

Date de Mort:

January 14, 2005

Sexe:

Female

Croyances Politiques:

I support the socialist party. I ran unsuccessfully for a parliamentary seat in 1975 but was then elected mayor of Thuré (1977), member of the European Parliament (1979–81), and mayor of Châtellerault (1983).

In 1986 I was elected as a Socialist deputy from Vienne. I was also the first woman prime minister of France.

 

Situation de Famille:

Married to Jacques Cresson

 

Enfants:

I have two lovely children, Alexandra and Nathalie.

 

Metier:

Politician

buisness woman 

 

Interets/Loisirs:

• Improving the government of France
• Forming new policies as the minister of several affairs

 

Accomplissements:

• First prime minister of France (May 15, 1991, to April 2, 1992)
• served as Commissioner for Science, Research and Development to the European Commission
• minister of external trade and tourism (1983-1984)
• minister of industrial restructuring and external trade (1984-1986)
• minister of foreign affairs (1988-1990)
• elected three times as a deputy to the National Assembly from the Vienne province (1981, 1986, 1988)
• A member of the Council of Women World Leaders

 

Education:

• School of Advanced Commercial Studies (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales)
• HEC School of Management  

 

Amis:

• François Mitterrand 
• Philippe Berthelot

 

Mon Influence sur la Culture Francaise

     I have grealty impacted French culture in numerous ways that have changed France, for the better. I have helped France economically and politically by pursuing two carrers.

     I have successfuly taken on two careers; a business woman and a politican. Through my job as a business woman, I have. I have not had enough time to really accomplish anything very impactful on France, but I have learned many of the need skills to pursue other careers. Although my career as a buisiness woman has been amazing, I decided to change to politics after I met François Mitterrand.

          I believe that my political carrer is triumphant over my buisness career. This is because most of my achievements have come from this expetise. After the president, at the time, François Mitterrand elected me to become the first woman prime minister of France, I have gained motiviation to accomplish more goals. I have also become the minister of external trade and tourism, the minister of industrial restructuring and external trade, the minister of foreign affairs, and advised the president through hardships. Even though I received much difficulty after I criticised the Japanese government, I did not let it bring my spirit down, and kept working on trying to improve France. Throughout these honors I have been given, I have helped change the French government by advising the president. I have also amended many foreign policies in hope of helping France. In spite of these achievements, I have had some downfalls. I became strongly unpopular with the electorate and had to leave office a year after I was elected in office. This is because I did end up raising some taxes and was greatly unpopular among the people for severly critisizing governments of other countries, such as the U.S, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

     Throughout my two carrers, I have shown what it takes to achieve goals, and that anything is possible.

 

Notes:

     Hi my name is Deepthi Krishna. I can easily switch from being fun to being serious. I know that when it comes to school, I have to embrace my seriuos side, and during more artistic projects, I have to embrace my creative side. In addition, during large projects at school, like this wiki, for example, I need to incorporate both entertainment and hardcore information. Overall, I understand the ability it takes to be a model student, and have shown that I am capable of this throughout my wiki assignment.

 

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