Dominique Voynet

Dominique Voynet (born 4 November 1958 in Montbéliard, Doubs département, France) is a French senator for the département of Seine-Saint-Denis, and a member of the The Greens. Image File history File links Dominique_voynet. ... Image File history File links Dominique_voynet. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Montbéliard is a commune in the Doubs département of the Franche-Comté région, in eastern France. ... Doubs is a département in eastern France named after the Doubs River. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Seine-Saint-Denis is a French département located in the ÃŽle-de-France région. ... Les Verts (or The Greens) are an ecologist political party to the left of the political spectrum in France. ...

Life

Dominique Voynet trained as a doctor, specifically as an anaesthetist. During her studies in the late 70's, she began participating in environmental activism. She fought against the establishment of nuclear reactors in Fessenheim and Malville, and the deforestation of the Vosges area on behalf of the Belfort Association for the Protection of Nature. Vosges is a French département, named after the Vosges mountain range. ...

She also became a member of Amnesty International and the Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT, "French Democratic Confederation of Labour"). In her student years, she was a broadcaster for an independent radio station, "Radio ondes rouges" (Red Radio Waves). Her pacifist and environmental efforts continued with her membership of Front de lutte antimilitariste (FLAM, "Front for the Antimilitarist Struggle") and Friends of the Earth. Amnesty International symbol Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) comprising a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.[1] Essentially it compares actual practices of human rights with internationally accepted standards and demands compliance where these have not... The Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT or French Democratic Confederation of Work) is one of the five major French confederations of trade unions. ... Friends of the Earth is an international network of environmental organizations in 70 countries. ...

Politics tempted her at this time, however the issues that were dear to her - social efforts, peace and environmentalism - were not represented in France by any party at the time. For this reason, she became one of the founding members of The Greens in France.

In 1989 she was a European deputy. From 1992 to 1994 she was a member of the conseil régional (regional council) of Franche-Comté. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... A Conseil régional (regional council) is the elected assembly of a région of France. ... Capital Besançon Land area¹ 16,202 km² Regional President Raymond Forni (PS) (since 2004) Population  - Jan. ...

She contested the 1995 presidential election which raised her public profile across all of France. In the first round of voting, she won 3.32% of the vote. Second Round First Round See also: President of France, France, Politics of France Categories: Elections in France | 1995 elections ...

From 1997 to 2001 she was Minister of the Environment and Regional Planning under the Lionel Jospin government, she resigned on 9 July 2001 and was replaced by Yves Cochet. In 2004, she was elected senator for the Seine-Saint-Denis département. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... Lionel Robert Jospin (born July 12, 1937 in Meudon, a suburb of Paris) is a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997-2002. ... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... Yves Cochet is a French politician. ...

Dominique Voynet was designated the Green candidate for the 2007 presidential election on 2006-07-18 ^[1]. The 2007 French presidential election will be the ninth such election of the Fifth French Republic. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ...

References

1. ^ Le Monde: Dominique Voynet finalement désignée candidate des Verts à la présidentielle, 2006-07-18

See also

Bibliography

• Voix off (Voices Off)
• L'eau, numéro 22 (Water, Number 22)
• Qui êtes-vous, que proposez-vous ? (Who are you, what do you propose?)

Works about Dominique Voynet

• Dominique Voynet : Un vraie nature (Dominique Voynet: Her True Nature) by Murielle Szac

External links

• (French) Dominique Voynet's official senatorial site