About Nafissa Sid Cara
Lived 1910 – 2002 (aged 91). Nafissa Sid Cara was a French politician.
Nafissa Sid-Cara or Nafissa Sidkara (18 April 1910, in El Eulma, Algeria - 1 January 2002, Paris, France) was a French politician. Sid-Cara was the first female minister to serve in the French Fifth Republic as well as the first ever Algerian origin and Muslim woman to serve as a minister in a French government. She was appointed Secretary of State in charge of social affairs in Algeria under Prime Minister Michel Debré in 1959–62. This was the first time a woman was appointed into a French government since 1937.
Personal life Sid-Cara's family were Algerians of Turkish origin; her brother, Chérif Sid Cara was also a French politician.
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French politician (1910–2002)
When was Nafissa Sid Cara born?
Nafissa Sid Cara was born on 19 April 1910 in El Eulma.
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Nafissa Sid Cara died on 3 January 2002 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
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Nafissa Sid Cara was a politician.
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Nafissa Sid Cara was French.
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