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Halimi in 2009
Permanent Representative of France to UNESCO
In office 13 April 1985 – 1 September 1986
President	François Mitterrand
Preceded by	Jacqueline Baudrier
Succeeded by	Marie-Claude Cabana
Member of the National Assembly for Isère's 4th constituency
In office 21 June 1981 – 9 September 1984
Preceded by	Jacques-Antoine Gau
Succeeded by	Maurice Rival
Personal details
Born	Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb (1927-07-27)27 July 1927 La Goulette, Tunis, Tunisia
Died	28 July 2020(2020-07-28) (aged 93) 7th arrondissement of Paris, France
Nationality	Tunisian French
Spouses	Paul Halimi (divorced) Claude Faux
Children	3 (including Serge Halimi)
Alma mater	University of Paris Sciences Po
Profession	Lawyer

Gisèle Halimi (born Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb; 27 July 1927 – 28 July 2020) was a Tunisian-French lawyer, politician, essayist and feminist activist.

Biography

Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb was born in La Goulette, Tunisia, on 27 July 1927 to a modest, practicing Jewish Berber family (to Edouard and Fortunée "Fritna" Taïeb). She was educated at a French lycée in Tunis, and then attended the University of Paris, graduating in law and philosophy. Her childhood and the ways in which she blends a Jewish-Muslim identity are discussed in her memoir, Le lait de l'oranger. She was first married to Paul Halimi and then to Claude Faux. She died the day after her 93rd birthday, on 28 July 2020.

Career

In 1948, Halimi qualified as a lawyer and, after eight years at the Tunis bar, moved to practise at the Paris bar in 1956. She acted as a counsel for the Algerian National Liberation Front, most notably for the activist Djamila Boupacha in 1960. She also defended Basque individuals accused of crimes committed during the conflict in Basque Country, and was counsel in many cases related to women's issues.

In 1967, she chaired the Russell Tribunal, which was initiated by Bertrand Russell and Jean-Paul Sartre to investigate and evaluate American military action in Vietnam.

In 1981, she was elected to the French National Assembly, as an independent Socialist, and was Deputy for Isère until 1984. Between 1985 and 1987 she was a French legate to UNESCO.

In 1998, she was a founding member of ATTAC.

Works

See also

In Spanish: Gisèle Halimi para niños