Hélène Dorlhac
Hélène Dorlhac | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Families and Senior Citizens | |
| In office 28 June 1988 – 15 May 1991 | |
| President | François Mitterrand |
| Preceded by | Georgina Dufoix (Secretary of State for Families) Catherine Trautmann (Minister of State for Senior Citizens) |
| Succeeded by | Laurent Cathala |
| Secretary of State for Prison Conditions | |
| In office 8 June 1974 – 25 August 1976 | |
| President | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hélène Roujon 4 October 1935 Sumène, France |
| Died | 4 March 2026 (aged 90) Nîmes, France |
| Party | UDF |
| Education | University of Montpellier School of Medicine |
| Occupation | Doctor |
Hélène Dorlhac de Borne (French: [elˈɛn dɔʁlˈak dˈə- bˈɔʁn]; née Roujon; 4 October 1935 – 4 March 2026) was a French politician of the Union for French Democracy (UDF).[1]
Life and career
Born in Sumène on 4 October 1935, Dorlhac was the daughter of Louis Roujon, the commune's former mayor. She graduated from the University of Montpellier School of Medicine with a diploma in occupational medicine.[2] In the 1970s, she joined the National Federation of the Independent Republicans and joined the pro-Valéry Giscard d'Estaing club Perspectives et Réalités.[2]
Dorlhac supported d'Estaing during the 1974 presidential election and was assigned to the president's cabinet as Secretary of State for Prison Conditions, a position in which she saw poor prison conditions for youth and was faced with several prison riots.[3] Her work focused primarily on the humanization of the prison system within the framework of the penal policies of the Ministry of Justice.[4] She left her post following a cabinet reshuffle in 1976 and her ministerial post was discontinued.[2]
During the 1988 presidential election, Dorlhac supported eventual victor François Mitterrand[2] and came out of her retirement to accept a position as Secretary of State for Families and Senior Citizens.[5] She was a driving force behind laws aimed at the prevention of child abuse, inlcuding the 119 child abuse hotline.[6][7] She also initiated campaigns to prevent pedophilia.[8] On 29 and 30 September 1989, she took part in the first ever World Summit for Children at the United Nations.[9] That year, she contributed to the drafting of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was adopted on 20 November 1989 and championed a law on the protection of child models in 1990.[10][11] She left her ministerial post on 15 May 1991. From 1991 to 2000, she was a General Inspector of Social Affairs.[12]
Dorlhac was married to Jacques Dorlhac de Borne, a general practitioner with whom she had three children. She died in Nîmes on 4 March 2026, at the age of 90.[13]
Decorations
- Officer of the Legion of Honour (2008)[14]
- Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite
Publications
- Changer la prison (1984)
References
- ^ Boudet, Adrien (5 March 2026). ""Une belle personne", "une femme de valeurs" : l'ancienne secrétaire d'Etat Hélène Dorlhac de Borne est décédée à Nîmes, à 90 ans". Midi Libre (in French). Nîmes. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d "Le secret d'Hélène Dorlhac". Le Monde (in French). 28 July 1988. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ Barry, Yan (7 August 2013). "Nîmes : Hélène Dorlhac juge la prison". Midi Libre (in French). Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Hélène Dorlhac de Borne, secrétaire d'Etat sous Giscard et Mitterrand, est morte à 90 ans". Le Monde (in French). 5 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ Helft-Malz, Véronique; Levy, Paule-Henriette (1996). Encyclopédie des femmes politiques, sous la Ve République (in French). Editions P. Banon. ISBN 2-84192-016-X.
- ^ "Au conseil des ministres Mme Dorlhac présente un projet de loi pour protéger l'enfance maltraitée". Le Monde (in French). 20 April 1989. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "La Journée nationale contre l'enfance maltraitée Les enfants martyrs appellent de plus en plus à l'aide". Le Monde (in French). 20 September 1994. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ Boussaguet, Laurie (25 January 2021). "Inceste : la fin d'un tabou politique?". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Un sommet international à New-York Le monde au chevet de l'enfance menacée". Le Monde (in French). 29 November 1990. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Examinée par le conseil des ministres Une loi va protéger les enfants mannequins et réglementer les agences de publicité". Le Monde (in French). 29 March 1990. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ Corone, François (1995). "La définition juridique du mannequin". LEGICOM (in French). Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Inspection générale Hélène DORLHAC". Les Echos (in French). 4 November 1991. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ Sallafranque, Hervé (4 March 2026). "La Gardoise Hélène Dorlhac de Borne, ancienne secrétaire d'État, est décédée". Ici (in French). Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Décret du 30 janvier 2008 portant promotion et nomination". Journal officiel de la République française (in French). 31 January 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2026.