Simone veil biography

Biography

Simone Veil was born on 13 July 1927 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. In March 1944, Veil was deported to Auschwitz before being moved to Bergen-Belsen where she was interned until January 1945.

She then returned to Paris where she studied law, graduating from the Institut d'études politiques in Paris. In 1956, she took the entrance exams for the French judiciary and then joined the Ministry of Justice.

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She entered politics in 1969, joining the private office of René Pleven, the Minister of Justice. Ten years later, in 1979, Veil became the first woman president of the European Parliament. She supported a large number of European associations, such as the European Fund for Freedom of Expression and the Foundation for Science and Culture in Europe, of which she was the honorary president.

On the 20th of November 2008, she was elected a member of the Académie Française. 

She passed away on 30 June 2017