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Daniel Defert
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<p>Daniel Defert (10 September 1937 – 7 February 2023) was a French sociologist and <a href="/facts/HIV/AIDS/RqLIEMuJ">HIV/AIDS</a> activist. Partner to the late <a href="/facts/Michel_Foucault/rWu19rjx">Michel Foucault</a>, Defert co-founded France's first AIDS advocacy group, <a href="/facts/AIDES/6W0aIXle">AIDES</a>, following Foucault's death from complications related to the disease. Defert was the heir to Foucault's estate. </p>