Marie-Paule Serve

Marie-Paule Serve (née Charles, born 16 October 1941) was a New Caledonian politician. She was one of two women elected to the Territorial Assembly of New Caledonia in 1977, the territory's first female legislators.

Marie-Paule Serve
Member of the Territorial Assembly
In office
1977–1984
ConstituencySouth
Personal details
Born16 October 1941
Haiphong, Vietnam

Biography

Serve was born in Haiphong in Vietnam in 1941 and was educated at the Faculté Libre de Droit in Toulon.[1] She married Yvau Sevre, with whom she had a daughter. Having moved to New Caledonia, she became president of the Fédération Feminine Calédonienne.[1]

She also became involved in politics and was a Rally for Caledonia candidate in the 1977 elections. Alongside Edwige Antier, she became one of the first two women in the Territorial Assembly.[2] She was re-elected in 1979, serving until the 1984 elections.

References

  1. Who's who in Oceania, 1980-1981, p175
  2. Premières femmes élues Congress of New Caledonia
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