"He was an iconic figure of activists in Paris," recalls PS boss Olivier Faure. Former MP Danièle Hoffman-Rispal died on the night of Wednesday to Thursday from a long illness at the age of 68. "You were in all our battles, including while you were delivering a more intimate one against the disease," tweeted the first secretary of the PS, emphasizing to AFP the exceptional journey of this "little seamstress on the Trail who became a deputy".
"She was never a leader of the party but she was the embodiment of these activists who, through their journey, tell something about who we are and what we want to be," he said. added. "We all regret his voice, his enthusiasm, his generosity and his insatiable fight against anti-Semitism", tweeted the former socialist leader Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, while the first deputy of the mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, greeted "A ball of energy, will and love".
Danièle Hoffman-Rispal, former socialist deputy for Paris, died.
We will all regret his voice, his enthusiasm, his generosity and his insatiable struggle against anti-Semitism.
I think of his loved ones
An accountant by training, Danièle Hoffman-Rispal, who joined the PS in 1974, was elected as a member of Parliament in June 2002 against the outgoing Georges Sarre (MRC) in the 6th district of Paris. Reelected hands down in 2007 with 69% of the vote, she was forced to give up her place five years later to Cécile Duflot of which she will be the deputy to the legislative elections of June 2012, following a PS-EELV agreement.
Assistant to Delanoë
The environmental leader becoming minister, Danièle Hoffman-Rispal had found her seat at the Palais Bourbon from July 2012 to May 2014, the date on which Cécile Duflot had left the government. Danièle Hoffman-Rispal ended her career at the interministerial delegation for combating racism and anti-Semitism (Dilcra).
On April 16, 2014, the National Assembly, of which she was one year vice-president (2008-2009), paid tribute to her by applauding her last topical question to Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on sexual violence and harassment of women in the military. "Thank you for the honor of asking me this last question," replied the minister. Among his other mandates, Danièle Hoffman-Rispal, identifiable by her hoarse voice of a heavy smoker, was over 13 years adviser to Paris and assistant to the mayor Bertrand Delanoë from March 2001 to March 2008.
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