CRESSON (Édith)

- Born on 27 January 1934 in Boulogne sur Seine (F)
- Nationality: French
- Mayor of Thuré (1977‒1983)
- Mayor of Châtellerault (1983‒1997)
- Member of the European Parliament (1979‒1981)
- Minister for Agriculture (1981‒1983)
- Minister for Foreign Trade and Tourism (1983‒1984)
- Minister for Industrial Redeployment and Foreign Trade (1984‒1986)
- Member of Parliament for Vienne (1981 and 1986‒1988)
- Minister for European Affairs (1988‒1990)
- Prime Minister (1991‒1992)
- European Commissioner for Science, Research, Development, Education and Training (1994‒1999)
- Chair of the Fondation des écoles de la deuxième chance (Second Chance Schools' Foundation) (since 2001)