Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Edith Cresson (born January 27, 1934) is a French politician. Born Edith Campion in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris, Cresson was France's first woman Prime Minister. She replaced Michel Rocard as Prime Minister and held office from April 1991 until May 1992. From 1995 to 1999, she was the EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Technology. Cresson is married with two daughters. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.