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Solange Fernex, 1979

Solange Fernex (born April 14, 1934 as de Turckheim in Strasbourg , † September 11, 2006 in Biederthal ( Département Haut-Rhin ), France ) was an Alsatian politician , pacifist and environmentalist . She was particularly involved in the fight against the use of nuclear energy .

She lived in Biederthal in Sundgau , the southernmost region of Alsace (France).

In the 1973 elections to the French National Assembly , she was the suppléante (deputy) of Henri Jenn in a constituency in Mulhouse , the first French to campaign for votes in parliamentary elections (in the first ballot) with ecological questions. In the 1979 European elections , she and Philippe Dufetel from Toulouse were first in the list of the Ecologie-Europe political movement .

In 1983 she took part in a hunger strike for nuclear disarmament ( Jeûne pour la Vie ) in Paris for over 40 days . In 1984 she co-founded the French Greens . In 1989 she headed the list of Les Verts for the election of MEPs in the European elections . In 2001 she was awarded a prize for her commitment to nuclear disarmament.

In addition, she was among other things chairman of the French branch of the international organization Femmes pour la Paix et la Liberté ( Women for Peace and Freedom ).

bibliography

  • Elisabeth Schulthess, Ed. Yves Michel: Solange Fernex, l'insoumise. Ecologie, féminisme, non-violence , Collection Ecologie, 2004. ISBN 2-913492-27-4
  • (Témoignages recueillis par) Solange Fernex: La vie pour la vie: jeûne pour la vie: août-septembre 83 , Ed. Utovie, Collection Pour que la joie demeure, 1985.

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personal data
SURNAME Fernex, Solange
ALTERNATIVE NAMES de Turckheim, Solange
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Alsatian politician, MEP, pacifist and environmentalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 2006
Place of death Biederthal ( Haut-Rhin department ), France