Pascale Boistard (born 4 January 1971) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as State Secretary for Women's Rights.[1][2] She represented the Somme's 1st constituency in the National Assembly of France.

Pascale Boistard
Pascale Boistard
French Secretary of State for Women's Rights
In office
26 August 2014 – 11 February 2016
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterManuel Valls
Preceded byNajat Vallaud-Belkacem
Personal details
Born (1971-01-04) 4 January 1971 (age 53)
Mont-de-Marsan, France
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materParis 8 University

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Boistard publicly endorsed Manuel Valls as the party's candidate for the presidential election later that year.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "COMPOSITION OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT". Embassy of France in London. 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. ^ Willsher, Kim (4 November 2014). "French stores accused of imposing 'woman tax'". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. ^ Grégoire Poussielgue and Pierre-Alain Furbury (15 December 2016), Primaire du PS : Valls engrange les soutiens Les Échos.