The Resume

(July 13, 1927-June 30, 2017)
Born in Nice, France
French Minister of Health (1974-1979)
President of European Parliament (1979-1982)
Minister of State for Social Affairs, Health and Towns (1993-1995)

Why she might be annoying:

She trained as a lawyer.
She's commonly confused with philosopher Simone Weil.
Rabbi Yehuda Levin criticized her appearance at the 60th anniversary of Auschwitz being liberated because she supports abortion rights.

Why she might not be annoying:

She and her family were detained at Auschwitz from March 1944 until its liberation (January 27, 1945).
Only she and her sister survived.
She fought for French women to have easier access to contraception.
Under her tenure, France legalized abortion (January 17, 1975).
In 1998, the British government awarded her an honorary damehood.

Credit: Black Chic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Attorney
• Australian Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women in the World [May 4, 1996]
• BC/Black Chic's Profiles [Series 05]
• Dames
• I am a Citizen of France
• I Am Buried at the Pantheon in Paris
• I Died in 2017 (Ranked: 89)
• Profiles 21501-21750 (Ranked: 21619)
• Served in World War II
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20170630)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 93.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 105 Votes: 72.38% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 81.25% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 67.65% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 72 Votes: 44.44% Annoying