Christiane Scrivener

{{Short description|French politician (1925–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{infobox officeholder | image = Christiane Scrivener 1989 (cropped).jpg | caption = Official portrait, 1989 | office = [[European Commissioner for Economy|European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union]]{{efn|Also [[European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety|Consumer Protection]] from 1993.}} | term_start = 6 January 1989 | term_end = 23 January 1995 | president = [[Jacques Delors]] | predecessor = [[Henning Christophersen]] | successor = [[Yves-Thibault de Silguy]] | office1 = [[Member of the European Parliament]] | term_start1 = 1979 | term_end1 = 1989 | birth_name = Christiane Fries | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|09|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Mulhouse]], [[French Third Republic|France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|04|08|1925|09|01|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Paris]], [[French Fifth Republic|France]] | party = [[Republican Party (France)|Republican Party]] | spouse = {{marriage|Pierre Scrivener|1944}} | children = 1 | alma_mater = [[University of Paris]]<br>[[Harvard Business School]] }} '''Christiane Scrivener''' ([[birth name|née]] '''Fries'''; 1 September 1925 – 8 April 2024) was a French politician who was a member of [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]]'s [[Republican Party (France)|Republican Party]] (now replaced by [[Alain Madelin]]'s [[Liberal Democracy (France)|Liberal Democracy]]).

== Life and career == Christiane Scrivener was born in [[Mulhouse]], France on 1 September 1925.

Scrivener was [[Secretary of State]] of Trade for Consumers' protection between 1976 and 1978, first in [[Jacques Chirac]]'s and then in [[Raymond Barre]]'s cabinet. In this capacity she spearheaded several legislative changes, including an Act to protect the information of consumers on products and services (loi sur la protection et l'information des consommateurs de produits et de services, 1978), well known under the name of loi Scrivener.

Scrivener was then elected a Member of the [[European Parliament]] (1979–1984).

In 1989, she became the European Communities Commissioner for Taxes, Revenue Harmonization and Consumer Policies in the [[Delors Commission]], a position she retained until 1995.

Scrivener died on 8 April 2024 in [[Paris]], aged 98.<ref>{{cite news |title=Christiane Scrivener |url=https://carnetdujour.lefigaro.fr/deces/annonces/500888150/ |access-date=11 April 2024 |newspaper=[[Le Figaro]] |date=11 April 2024}}</ref>

== See also == *[[Feminism in France]] (for the representation of women in government)

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==Sources== *[http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/France.htm guide2womenleaders.com]

== External links == * {{MEP|1600|Christiane Scrivener}}

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