President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Eighth Parliament (from 20 June 1979 to 11 July 1983), of the Ninth Parliament (from 12 July 1983 to 1 July 1987), and of the Tenth Parliament (from 2 July 1987 to 22 April 1992). She was the first woman to hold the office of President, and her record term of thirteen consecutive years in office has yet to be beaten. In the course of her long political career, she took part in the Constituent Assembly, and, having been elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1948, remained there without interruption until 1999.