Robert Badinter | |
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.jpg) Robert Badinter during a demonstration against the death penalty in Paris, on 3 February 2007 | |
| French Senator from Hauts-de-Seine | |
| In office 24 September 1995 – 25 September 2011 | |
| President of the Constitutional Council of France | |
| In office 19 February 1986 – March 1995 | |
| President | François Mitterrand |
| Preceded by | Daniel Mayer |
| Succeeded by | Roland Dumas |
| French Minister of Justice | |
| In office 23 June 1981 – 19 February 1986 | |
| President | François Mitterrand |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Mauroy |
| Preceded by | Maurice Faure |
| Succeeded by | Michel Crépeau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 March 1928 Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | French Socialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Élisabeth Badinter |
Robert Badinter (French: [badɛ̃tɛʁ]; born 30 March 1928) is a French criminal law lawyer, university professor, politician and activist of Jewish descent. He is against the death penalty, the abolition of which he successfully sponsored in Parliament in 1981. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he served as Minister of Justice and then President of the Constitutional Council under François Mitterrand.
