Simon Weil died

In France, in the 90th year of life, an outstanding politician and lawyer, a fighter for the equality of women Simon Weil, died, reports Le Monde.

Weil was born in 1927 in Nice. During World War II, along with other Jews, Vale was deported from France, she was the prisoner of the Auschwitz and Bergen-Belzen concentration camps.

Weil graduated from the Faculty of Law of Paris University and the Institute of Political Research in Paris.

From 1974 to 1979, Weil served as Minister of Health of France. She prepared and achieved the adoption in 1975 of the Vail Law, which granted French women the right to abortion.

In 1979, in the first direct elections, she was elected to the European Parliament and then became its chairman. She became the first woman in this post and occupied him until 1982.

After the addition of deputy powers in 1993, Weil again became the Minister of Health of France. In 1998-2007, she was a member of the Constitutional Council of France.

Weil is a gentleman of the highest orders of France, as well as the Order of the British Empire, an honorary doctor of more than 10 universities in the United States, Great Britain, Israel and other countries. In 2008, she was elected a member of the French Academy.