Nafissa Sid Cara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nafissa Sid Cara

French politician

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1910

Place of Birth: El Eulma, Sétif Province, Algeria

Date of Death: 02-Jun-2002

Profession: politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Nafissa Sid-Cara or Nafissa Sidkara (18 April 1910, in El Eulma, Algeria - 1 January 2002, Paris, France) was a French politician.
Sid-Cara was the first female minister to serve in the French Fifth Republic as well as the first ever Muslim woman to serve as a minister in a French government.
She was appointed Secretary of State in charge of social affairs in Algeria under Prime Minister Michel Debré in 1959-62.
This was the first time a woman was appointed into a French government since 1937.