Lucette Michaux-Chevry (5 March 1929 – 9 September 2021) was a French politician who served as President of the Regional Council of the overseas department of Guadeloupe between 1992 and 2004. She was nicknamed the "Iron Lady of the Caribbean" because she was "for a long time the strong woman of the department."
Life and work
Michaux-Chevry was born in 1929 in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe,
She was the first Guadeloupean woman to enter government service when she won her first election in 1959 becoming a municipal councilor for her town of Saint-Claude. She won just eight days after the birth of her son.