Noëlle Lenoir

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Noëlle Lenoir, le 7 octobre 2003.

Noëlle Lenoir, born on April 27, 1948 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French stateswoman.

She was the first woman to become a member of the Conseil Constitutionnel (French supreme court) from March 1992 to March 2001, and was appointed to this position by the chairman of the French parliament.
She was then appointed as minister for European affairs from June 17, 2002 to March 29, 2004.

Education

• Graduated from Institut d'études politiques of Paris (1969)
• Maîtrise in public law (1974)
• DES in public law (1972)

Career

• 1972–1982: Administrator at the French senate
• 1982–1984: Regulations manager at the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL)
• 1984-2001: Maître des requêtes with the Conseil d'État (French administrative supreme court)
• 1988–1990: Principal private secretary (chef de cabinet) of Pierre Arpaillange, minister of justice
• 1990–1991: Project leader for bioethics with the French Prime Minister. Report to the Prime Minister: Aux Frontières de la vie, Collection des rapports officiels, La Documentation française, Paris, 1991 (Parts I and II)[2]
• 1992–1998: Chairman of the International Bioethics[1] Committee of UNESCO. Responsible for the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, approved by the United Nations General Assembly in 1998, negotiated with the European Union, the United States and Japan
• 1992: Member and chairman of the European Group on Ethics with the European Commission
• 1992–2001: Member of the Conseil Constitutionnel (French supreme court), appointed by the chairman of the French parliament.
• Since 2001: Member of the Conseil d'Etat
• 2001: Visiting professor with the Columbia University Law School
• 2001: Columnist for L'Express[2]
• 2002–2004: Minister for European affairs
• 2003: Secretary General for Franco-German cooperation
• Since 2004: Avocat with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP [3]
• Since 2004: Chairman of Institut de l'Europe d'HEC[4] and professor at HEC
• Since 2004: Founding chairman of Cercle des Européens [5]
• 2005-2007: Host of Thursday debates in relation to Europe on BFM
• 2006-2007: Project leader on the statute of the European Company (SE) by Pascal Clément, French Minister of Justice (report delivered on March 19, 2007)
• Since 2007: Columnist on Europe at La Tribune [6]
• Since 2007: Columnist on Europe on BFM Radio [7]

Publications

• La Transparence Administrative (en coll., 1987)
• Aux Frontières de la Vie: une Ethique Biomédicale à la Française (1991)
• Les Normes Internationales de la Bioéthique (1998, reissued 2004)
• La Justice de Daumier à nos Jours (1999)
• Relever les Défis de la Biotechnologie (2002)
• La Vie Politique de Daumier à nos Jours (2005)
• La Societas Europaea ou SE: pour une Citoyenneté Européenne de l’Entreprise (2007)

Mandates

• 1989–1995: Mayor of Valmondois, in the Val-d'Oise departement
• Since 1994: Honorary President of Association des amis d'Honoré Daumier
• Since 2004: Chairman of Cercle des Européens
• Since 2008: Mayor of Valmondois
• Since 2008: Member of the Board of Directors of Generali France

Distinctions

• Officier de la Légion d'Honneur (France)
• Commandeur de l'Ordre du Mérite (France)
• Grand Officier de l'Ordre de Léopold II (Belgium)
• Commandeur de l'Ordre du Mérite (Poland)
• Commandeur de l'Ordre du Mérite (Germany)
• Doctor Honoris Causa Suffolk University (USA)
• Doctor Honoris Causa University College London (UK)

External links

Le Cercle des Européens
Report on the European Company statute (SE)commissioned by the French Minister of Justice