Simone Veil17 July 1979
Simone Veil was elected the first President of the directly elected European Parliament and the first woman to hold the office.
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Simone Veil was elected the first President of the directly elected European Parliament and the first woman to hold the office.
The European Parliament held its first direct elections by universal suffrage. 410 members were elected, who then elected the first female President of the European Parliament, Simone Veil
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