Christiane Taubira

Christiane Taubira
Taubira in January 2016
Minister of Justice
In office 16 May 2012 – 27 January 2016
Prime Minister	Jean-Marc Ayrault Manuel Valls
Preceded by	Michel Mercier
Succeeded by	Jean-Jacques Urvoas
Regional Councillor of French Guiana
In office 26 March 2010 – 31 August 2012
Member of the National Assembly for French Guiana's 1st constituency
In office 2 April 1993 – 16 June 2012
Preceded by	Élie Castor
Succeeded by	Gabriel Serville
Member of the European Parliament
In office 19 July 1994 – 19 July 1999
Constituency	France
Personal details
Born	Christiane Marie Taubira (1952-02-02) 2 February 1952 (age 72) Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Political party	Walwari
Other political affiliations	Radical Party of the Left
Children	4
Relatives	Jean-Marie Taubira (brother)
Alma mater	Panthéon-Assas University Paris-Sorbonne University
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Christiane Marie Taubira (French: [kʁistjan maʁi tobiʁa]; born 2 February 1952) is a French politician who served as Minister of Justice of France in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls under President François Hollande from 2012 until 2016.^[1] She was a member of the National Assembly of France for French Guiana from 1993 to 2012 and member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999.

She won the 2022 French People's Primary, winning the right to stand as a "unity left" candidate in the 2022 French presidential election.^[2] It was her second bid after the 2002 French presidential election where she failed to qualify to the second round after garnering only 2.32% of the votes in the first round. She dropped out of the race on 2 March 2022 after failing to get enough support to qualify.^[3]