Huguette Bouchardeau, French politician and minister of the environment from 1984 to 1986, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 90.
Born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France, on June 1, 1935, she was a socialist politician, publisher, essayist and biographer. Bouchardeau served as National Secretary of the Unified Socialist Party from 1979 to 1981 and was its candidate in the 1981 presidential election, receiving 1.1% of the vote.
She also served as Minister of the Environment and Way of Life in the French Socialist Party-led cabinets of Pierre Mauroy and Laurent Fabius.
Huguette Bouchardeau, 90, French politician, minister of the environment (1984–1986).