Corinne Lepage
Corinne Lepage | |
|---|---|
| French Minister of the Environment | |
| In office 1995–1997 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Alain Juppé |
| Preceded by | Michel Barnier |
| Succeeded by | Dominique Voynet |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Constituency | North-West France |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Corinne Dominique Marguerite Lepage 11 May 1951 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Political party | CAP 21 |
| Spouse | Christian Huglo |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po Panthéon-Assas University |
| Website | www.corinne-lepage.fr/ |
Corinne Dominique Marguerite Lepage (French pronunciation: [kɔʁin dɔminik maʁɡəʁit ləpaʒ]; born 11 May 1951) is a French environmental lawyer and politician. She served as French Minister of the Environment in the Alain Juppé cabinets 1 and II 1995–1997 and as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) 2009–2014 for the North-West constituency.
She is the founder and President since 1996 of the Citizenship, Action, Participation for the 21st Century Party (CAP 21). She is also co-founder of the centrist Mouvement démocrate and served as Vice-President for the party until March 2010, when she announced that she was leaving the movement.