Marie-Paule Serve

Marie-Paule Serve (née Charles, born 16 October 1941) was a French New Caledonian politician. She was one of two women elected to the Territorial Assembly of New Caledonia in 1977, the territory's first female legislators.

Marie-Paule Serve
Member of the Territorial Assembly
In office
1977–1984
ConstituencySouth
Personal details
Born (1941-10-16) 16 October 1941
Haiphong, French Indochina

Biography

Serve was born in Haiphong in French Indochina in 1941 and was educated at the Faculté Libre de Droit in Toulon.[1] She married Yvau Sevre, with whom she had a daughter. Having moved to New Caledonia, she became president of the Fédération Feminine Calédonienne.[1]

She also became involved in politics and was a Rally for Caledonia candidate in the 1977 elections. Alongside Edwige Antier, she became one of the first two women in the Territorial Assembly.[2] She was re-elected in 1979, serving until the 1984 elections.

References

  1. Who's who in Oceania, 1980-1981, p175
  2. Premières femmes élues Congress of New Caledonia
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