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 Algerian origin and 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..
Personal life Sid-Cara's family were Algerians of Turkish origin; her brother, Chérif Sid Cara was also a French politician.
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