Huguette Bouchardeau (1 June 1935 – 18 May 2026) was a French socialist politician, as well as a publisher (founder of HB Éditions), novelist, essayist, and biographer.
Life and career Bouchardeau was born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France on 1 June 1935.Profile of Huguette Bouchardeau She was a candidate of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU) in the 1981 presidential election, receiving 1.1% of the vote, and National Secretary of the Party between 1979 and 1981. Bouchardeau also served as Minister of the Environment and Way of Life in the French Socialist Party-led cabinets of Pierre Mauroy (1981–1984) and Laurent Fabius (1984–1986).
Bouchardeau died in Paris on 18 May 2026, at the age of 90.
Selected works La famille Renoir, 2004 La grande verrière, 1991 Le déjeuner, 1998 Le ministère du possible, 1986 Les roches rouges: Portrait d'un père, 1997 Leur père notre père, 1996 Mes nuits avec Descartes, 2002 Nathalie Sarraute, 2003 Pas d'histoire, les femmes, 1977 Rose Noël, 1992 Simone Weil, 1995 Tout le possible, 1981 , 1975 Un coin dans leur monde,1980
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