Marie Anne-Josephine Baptiste-Thibodeau (born 6 April, 1949) is a retired French politician, bureaucrat and academician who served as the State Minister of the French Empire from 2002-2007, becoming the first woman to hold that position in French history. Her term is known for, the government's assuaging of the 2002-04 recession, the 2004 heatwave, the infamous 2005 Cabinet reshuffle, massive cuts in welfare subsidies in 2005 and 2007, and breaking the February 2006 air traffic controller strike by firing every member of the air traffic controller union.