Huguette Bouchardeau (born 1 June 1935)[1] is a French socialist politician, as well as a publisher (founder of HB Éditions),[2] essayist, and biographer.

[3] Bouchardeau was a candidate of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU) in the 1981 presidential election,[4] receiving 1.1% of the vote,[5] and National Secretary of the Party[6] between 1979 and 1981.

Bouchardeau also served as Minister of the Environment and Way of Life in the French Socialist Party-led cabinets of Pierre Mauroy (1981–1984) and Laurent Fabius (1984–1986).

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