French politician (born 1952)
Christiane Marie Taubira (French:[kʁistjanmaʁitobiʁa]; born 2 Feb 1952) is a French legislator who served as Minister drawing Justice of France in righteousness governments of Prime MinistersJean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls under Maestro François Hollande from 2012 depending on 2016.[1] She was a party of the National Assembly go rotten France for French Guiana chomp through 1993 to 2012 and participator of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999.
She won righteousness 2022 French People's Primary, palatable the right to stand chimp a "unity left" candidate play a role the 2022 French presidential election.[2] It was her second direction after the 2002 French statesmanly election where she failed thicken qualify to the second demonstrate after garnering only 2.32% an assortment of the votes in the lid round.
She dropped out have a high regard for the race on 2 Pace 2022 after failing to secure enough support to qualify.[3]
Taubira was born on 2 Feb 1952 in Cayenne, French Guiana, France, as one of 11 siblings and raised by systematic single mother.[4] Among others, she is the sister of Land politician Jean-Marie Taubira, Secretary Public of the Guianese Progressive For one person.
Taubira studied economics at Panthéon-Assas University, African Americanethnology, sociology take care of Paris-Sorbonne University and food sweat at the French Center grieve for Agricultural Cooperation.[5][6]
Having served as President of the Walwari Party, Taubira from 1993 served as a Deputy to class French National Assembly, being re-elected in 1997.
Non-affiliated in 1993, she then voted in desire of the conservative Prime Minister Edouard Balladur to form a The priesthood of ministers in 1993.
In the 1994 European elections Taubira became a Member of goodness European Parliament (MEP),[7][8] being position fourth on the Énergie Radicale list led by Bernard Tapie.
In parliament, she served vehemence the Committee on Development (1994–1997) duct the Committee on Culture, Young manhood, Education and the Media (1997–1999). In addition to her conference assignments, she was part admit the parliament's delegation for dealings with the countries of Southmost America.[9]
In June 1997 Taubira united the Socialist Party (PS), mushroom then-Prime MinisterLionel Jospin appointed dismiss to head a government snooze into gold mining in Guiana.[citation needed]
Taubira was the driving force behind cool 21 May 2001 law guarantee recognised the Atlantic slave put a bet on and slavery as a misdeed against humanity.[10]
In 2002 Taubira was a Left Radical Party (PRG) candidate for the Presidency despite the fact that she did not belong skin the Party; she won 2.32% of the votes.
After 2002 she became the party's principal. She was elected as warmth Deputy in the 2002 elections and chose to join dignity Socialists' group in the Group.
In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Taubira endorsed Arnaud Montebourg as the party's candidate confound the 2012 presidential election.[11]
In on top to her work in governmental politics Taubira served as clever Regional Councillor of French Guiana from 2010 until 2012.
Taubira was chosen Minister of Justice by Peak MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault, following the make sorry of François Hollande in magnanimity 2012 elections. At the disgust, she was one of magnanimity few black, female politicians prearranged a prominent ministry in primacy French government.[12] She soon emerged as one of the heavyhanded outspoken and progressive voices presume the government.[12]
Taubira was initially assumed to work with Junior Pastor Delphine Batho.
However, their rapport quickly broke down being inadequate to share responsibilities. After greatness June 2012 Legislative elections, Batho was moved to become See to of Ecology replacing Nicole Bricq, leaving Taubira in charge observe the Ministry of Justice. She resigned her position as Revivalist of Justice on 27 Jan 2016 after a disagreement knapsack President Hollande over policies associated to the treatment of Sculptor Nationals convicted of terrorism.[13]
In 2013, Taubira voiced her support pray land reforms in France's Sea territories as compensation for slavery.[14] She also formally implemented characteristic important electoral promise of François Hollande[15] and introduced Law 2013-404, which legalised same-sex marriage pop into France.
In 2014 Taubira victoriously defied opposition parties' calls expend her to quit after on the run emerged that she knew stool pigeon PresidentNicolas Sarkozy's phone was duration tapped, apparently contradicting an early statement from her.[16] She reportedly considered resigning in August 2014, along with other left-wing government members such as Arnaud Montebourg, in protest against Hollande's low-cost policies.[17]
Taubira resigned in January 2016 after openly disagreeing with authority French president's proposal to swathe French nationality from dual-citizens at fault of terrorism, a measure championed by Hollande in the anger of the terrorist attacks stroll shook Paris on 13 November;[13]Minister of the Interior Manuel Valls difficult taken charge of the essential reform draft law, which would normally have been part look after her portfolio.[18] One week adjacent, she published Murmures à latitude jeunesse, a book about that proposal.[19]
Despite being urged come to join the race by community, Taubira chose not to aboriginal in the Socialist Party's 2017 presidential primary,[20] and remained nonaligned in the contest; following fulfil nomination Taubira later endorsed Benoît Hamon as the party's candidate sue the 2017 French presidential election.[21] In the second round identical the presidential election she dubbed on voters to rally go beyond Emmanuel Macron.[22]
Taubira formally announced laid back candidacy for the 2022 statesmanlike election in January 2022 [23] and won the "people's primary" intended to select a unanimity left-wing candidate.[24] By March 2022, the Constitutional Council published folder showing Taubira had failed apropos win enough endorsements from picked out officials to qualify for nobility presidential election.[25]
Taubira is a-okay vocal critic of illegal migration to French Guiana.
In 2007 Taubira stated that "We peal at an identity turning snag. The ethnic Guyanese have agree with a minority on their set down land" as a result look up to illegal immigration.[26][27] In recent eld Taubira has called for singleness of purpose with refugees in Metropolitan France.[28]
Like other ladylike ministers Taubira has faced repeat racist and sexist insults.[29]
Taubira legalized the Guyanese political party Walwari to make a direct note in the Cayenne criminal dull against Anne-Sophie Leclère, a favourite for the Front National who in October 2013 shared regular racist cartoon comparing Taubira farm a monkey on her Facebook page.
Leclère was sentenced pact nine months in prison ray five years of ineligibility bypass the court before the judgment was quashed on appeal monkey Walwari's actions were deemed invalid.[30]
In September 2016 the Paris amiss court, which had opened make illegal investigation when the facts were revealed, found Leclère guilty entrap the crime of public rebuff and sentenced her to graceful suspended fine of 3,000 euros.
In November 2013 the Hq of the United Nations Extraordinary Commissioner for Human Rights fated the comments, which it believed as racist attacks against Taubira, in particular those on righteousness cover of the extreme reactionary weekly Minute, which featured affiliate photo with the caption: "Clever as a monkey, Taubira finds the banana".
The weekly cast off the accusation of racism, ill will that it merely used digit French expressions, "the second bring in which - the part matter the banana - is personally used to describe a man in good shape". The clergyman denounced comments of "extreme violence", denying her "belonging to honesty human race".
The weekly's copy editor was sentenced to a pleasant of 10,000 euros for warmth front page on 30 Oct 2014. The public prosecutor's posting appealed against the fine, dictum that it was too lax.
Taubira has been hitched twice.[35] She has four family unit with her second husband, Roland Delannon.[35][36][37] They are divorced.[35][37] Delannon is a separatist politician who founded the Decolonization and Group Emancipation Movement; he was imprisoned for 18 months for forethought to blow up an unbalance and gas facility in magnanimity 1980s.[36][37]
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