Anne-Marie Dupuy

Anne-Marie Dupuy (18 September 1920 – 19 September 2008) was a French politician of the Rally for the Republic (RPR). After serving as chief of cabinet for Georges Pompidou as prime minister and president of France, she was named to the Conseil d'État in 1974, as its first woman member. She was the mayor of Cannes from 1983 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1988.

Biography Dupuy was born in Pithiviers in Loiret and graduated with a law degree. Aged 22, she joined the forces of Free France, serving as an ambulance driver.

After World War II, Dupuy met Georges Pompidou, and became his cabinet chief when he was named prime minister of France in 1963. She maintained the same role when he became president of France in 1969. When Pompidou died in 1974, she left the executive and became the first woman named to the Conseil d'État, France's highest court.