Irène Pétry
Irène Pétry (born June 1922 in Waremme , Liège Province , Belgium ; † April 17, 2007 in Uccle / Ukkel , Brussels-Capital Region ) was a Belgian politician of the Parti Socialiste (PS) and a judge .
biography
Women's rights activist and State Secretary
In 1942 she finished her schooling in economics from the Athénée Royale of Waremme, but she was unable to continue studying for financial reasons and because of the occupation of Belgium by the Wehrmacht during the Second World War .
She then took up a job at the Joseph Wauters - Hospital of the Socialist Aid Organizations in Waremme, where she founded a company association of the socialist women's organization Femmes prévoyantes socialistes (FPS) , in which she was not only secretary but also editor of the association organ La femme prévoyante . Between 1953 and 1982 she was national secretary to the French-speaking members of the FPS. In this role, she also has a significant influence on the program La Pensée socialiste in public broadcasting Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF). In the 1950s and 1960s she advocated economic and legal equality between men and women and a decriminalization of abortion and organized strikes by women workers to enforce these demands .
In 1966 she became first vice-president and then president of the International Women's Council of the Socialist and at the same time vice-president of the Socialist International. In 1973 she became a member of the PS party office and distanced herself from the neo-feminist women's movement during the 1970s .
In addition, she was active in local politics and was initially a member of the Uccle municipal council and then of Sprimont .
From January to October 1973 Irène Pétry was Secretary of State for Development Cooperation for ten months in the cabinet of Prime Minister Edmond Leburton .
Member of Parliament, Senator and constitutional judge
In 1974 she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a candidate for the PS , where she represented the Liege district until 1977 . She was then its representative from 1977 to 1984 as a member of the Senate . At the same time, she was President of the Council of the French Community of Belgium between 1980 and 1982 .
After leaving the Senate, she was appointed judge on October 1, 1984 at the newly created Court of Arbitration, today's Constitutional Court. On this she was last President of the French-speaking group between January 14, 1991 and June 19, 1992. As such, she was a member of the Arbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on the former Yugoslavia in 1991 .
Shortly before her retirement , she was honored with the honorary title of Minister of State on May 26, 1992 .
Web links
- Éloge funèbre de Mme Irène Pétry, ministre d'État (obituary on the Senate website, April 26, 2007)
- Organization of the Constitutional Court
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pétry, Irène |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian politician and judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waremme , Liege Province , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 2007 |
| Place of death | Uccle / Ukkel , Brussels-Capital Region |