Marie-France Stirbois

Marie-France Stirbois (born Marie-France Charles the November 11th 1944 with Paris and deceased the April 17th 2006 with Nice of the continuations of a Cancer), was a political woman French, appointed National front elected with Dreux of 1989 with 1993, appointed with the the European Parliament of 1994 with 1999 and of 2003 with 2004.

Militant history of the National front, Marie-France Stirbois marked the French political life by carrying out with her husband Jean-Pierre Stirbois the first electoral successes of the FN, in 1983 with Dreux. Between 1989 and 1993, it was the only deputy frontist to be sat at the National Assembly, after Yann Piat changed political camp with the Parliament.

Childhood, studies and the first engagements

Junior by the Charles family which counted four girls, the father of Marie-France Stirbois was leading of a company of cold stores and canning facility and her mother, an housewife, both burning gaullists until in 1962 (Mrs. Charles was decorated with the Military Cross with palms). The mother of Marie-France was imprisoned by the Germans, her two sisters were liaison officers of resistance until the end of the war.

In the Fifties, the Charles family settles in Dreux (Eure-et-Loir).

The first political commitment of young Marie-France went back to the war of Algeria, to be opposed to the independence of this country. In 1964, it militated in the committees Tixier-Vignancour, candidate of the Extrême right-hand side with the presidential election of 1965.

It is at that time that it became acquainted with her husband-to-be, Jean-Pierre Stirbois. It approaches Occident then.

At the time of the events of May 1968, it studied in Nanterre where, person in charge of the National federation of the students of France (FNEF), it expressed against the strikers.

Holder of a Capes of English, it Marie the following year and teaches English during seven years with Colombes, then stops working to raise his two children.

A militant couple

Like her husband, it militates initially in the “solidaristic” mobility of the Extrême right-hand side, with the Mouvement young revolution, which rejects the Totalitarisme Marxiste and the international Capitalisme.

When the Stirbois couple adheres to the National front in 1977, created five years earlier, they have each one a militant political career. It becomes managing jointly it of the printing works which her husband created whereas they launch out in policy in Dreux. But, contrary to its husband, Marie-France Stirbois makes her first weapons for the legislative elections of 1978 in Paris.

It gains the first electoral success at the time of the cantonal ones of 1982 with a score of 10% then is presented to Nanterre, in the Hauts-de-Seine (in 1985).

Its first national candidature for Dreux goes back to legislative 1986 whereas three years earlier, Jean-Pierre Stirbois became one of the assistant FN to the mayor RPR, Jean Hieaux of the city following an electoral alliance.

Successes of the “Stirbois Widow”

After the accidental death of her husband Jean-Pierre Stirbois with the autumn 1988, it takes its succession in local engagement and incarnates the National front with Dreux (Eure-et-Loir), initially like municipal adviser, then at the time of the elections of March 1989. Elected municipal adviser, it is elected Député E of Eure-et-Loir in December of the same year, at the time of a by-election, during which it joins together approximately 60 % of the votes, and preserves this mandate until March 1993. She is then during four years single deputy FN of the National Assembly.

In March 1992, it is elected general adviser then, European appointed in June 1994, and regional adviser.

She is appointed in the European Parliament of 1994 to 1999.

After several failures to conquer the town hall of Dreux, it leaves the area Center for the South where it is elected municipal adviser of Nice in 2001.

In 2003, it takes again during one year the seat of Jean-Marie Le Pen after the forfeiture of its mandate of European deputy.

In 2004, it is elected regional adviser of Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure (PACA).

She dies the April 17th 2006, day of Easter, after having received the sacraments of the Catholic church and the Extrême-onction on April 2nd.

Its funerals were celebrated in the church of Villeneuve-Loubet by the Abbot Stephan Drillon assisted of the seminarist Gilles Baronio, near to the family.

Dissensions within the FN

Near to Jacques Bompard, which joined MPF with the autumn 2005, Marie-France Stirbois was twice sanctioned by the institutions frontists and was suspended of her functions at the political office of the party. She seemed, according to Mr. Bompard, about to join in her turn Philippe de Villiers.

Political course

1965 Presidential campaign of Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour.
1966 - 1977 Active participation with the solidaristic combat, in particular with the Movement young revolution then with the solidaristic Union as from 1976.

Member of the FN of 1977 to its death.
National delegate with the actions catégorielles of the FN of 1999 to its death.
Member of the political office of the FN of 1990 to its death (it had been suspended by it temporarily in October 2005).
general Adviser of Eure-et-Loir of 1994 with 2001.
Regional adviser of the Center of 1986 with 2004.
Appointed Eure-et-Loir of 1989 with 1993.
Appointed European of 1994 with 1999 and of 2003 with 2004.
Municipal adviser of Dreux of 1989 with 2001.
Municipal adviser of Nice 2001 with its death.
Regional adviser of Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure of 2004 to its death.

External bonds

Article of April 21st, 2006, published in Rivarol

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