Florence d'Harcourt

Florence d'Harcourt, née Deville (10 March 1929 – 6 June 2022), was a French politician.

Biography

Family Florence was the daughter of industrialist and his wife, painter Élisabeth Labbé de La Mauvinère. She was married successively to two members of the House of Harcourt: Anne-Pierre d'Harcourt, son of Robert d'Harcourt, and Guillaume d'Harcourt, son of . In 1978, she was asked to give up her seat to Robert Hersant so that she could represent a constituency in Paris, rather than Hauts-de-Seine's 6th constituency.

D'Harcourt was re-elected in 1981 and 1986 before being dismissed by her party in favor of the up-and-coming Nicolas Sarkozy.

After politics After she retired from politics, d'Harcourt wrote about the history and civilization of the inhabitants of the Himalayas, the Alps, the Atlas, and the Andes. She took many trips to such places and brought back photographic reports.

Florence d'Harcourt died in Vaucresson on 6 June 2022 at the age of 93.

Works La loi du clan (1997) Tante Yvonne une femme d'officier (2007) Ballade au pays des dieux (2013) Maroc. Rencontres au pays berbère (2016)