Nicole Bricq

Nicole Bricq (French pronunciation: ​[ni.kɔl bʁik]; La Rochefoucauld, Charente, 10 June 1947 – 6 August 2017) was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Seine-et-Marne department. She received a degree in private law from Montesquieu University in 1970.

Nicole Bricq
Nicole Bricq at a World Trade Organization conference in Bali, December 2013
Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
In office
16 May 2012 – 21 June 2012
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded byFrançois Fillon (Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing)
Succeeded byDelphine Batho
Member of the National Assembly
for Seine-et-Marne's 6th constituency
In office
12 June 1997 – 16 June 2002
Preceded byPierre Quillet
Succeeded byJean-François Copé
Personal details
Born(1947-06-10)June 10, 1947
La Rochefoucauld, France
DiedAugust 6, 2017(2017-08-06) (aged 70)
Poitiers, France
NationalityFrench
Political partySocialist Party (1972-2017)
La République En Marche! (2017)
Alma materUniversity of Bordeaux
OccupationPolitician

From 1972 on Bricq was a member of the Socialist Party. On 16 May 2012 she was appointed Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy in the government of Jean-Marc Ayrault. After the French legislative elections of June 2012, she was appointed Minister for Foreign Trade.[1] She was replaced at the Ministry of Ecology by Delphine Batho. Whereas some members of the government, such as Cécile Duflot, considered this nomination like a promotion, many felt that it was due to the decision taken by Bricq to stop all drilling contracts signed with Shell in French Guiana, a decision that has been reversed since then.

Bricq was one of the earliest supporters of Emmanuel Macron and his party, La République En Marche!, instead of supporting Socialist Party candidate, Benoît Hamon.[2]

On 6 August 2017, Bricq died accidentally from a fall.[3]

References
  1. "Composition du Gouvernement". Gouvernement.fr. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. Cross, Tony (2017-08-07). "Former French minister, early Macron supporter Nicole Bricq dies in accident". Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. "Nicole Bricq, sénatrice et ancienne ministre de François Hollande, est morte". Le Monde. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
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