Christine Boutin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetChristine Boutin
French politician
Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1944
Place of Birth: Levroux, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Profession: politician, minister
Nationality: France
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
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About Christine Boutin
- Christine Boutin (French pronunciation: ?[k?istin but?~], born 6 February 1944) is a French former politician leading the small French Christian Democratic Party.
- She served as a member of the French National Assembly representing Yvelines, from 1986 until 2007, when she was appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
- She was a candidate in the 2002 French presidential election, in which she scored 1.19% on the first round of balloting.Boutin is the leader of the Christian Democratic Party (Parti Chrétien-démocrate), a socially conservative Christian-democratic party, which is associated with the greater UMP union party.
- She is best known for her very vocal opposition to civil unions in 1998 and same-sex marriage later on. In a judgement dated 18 December 2015 the correctional court of Paris condemned Boutin to a fine of 5000 euros and 2000 euros for legal damages for having said that homosexuality was an abomination.
- The verdict is being appealed.She announced on 21 October 2017 that she was leaving politics, resigning as departmental councillor for Yvelines.
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