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Catherine Trautmann
Minister of Culture
In office
4 June 1997 – 27 March 2000
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterLionel Jospin
GovernmentJospin
Preceded byPhilippe Douste-Blazy
Succeeded byCatherine Tasca
Mayor of Strasbourg
In office
25 June 2000 – 19 March 2001
Preceded byRoland Ries
Succeeded byFabienne Keller
In office
24 March 1989 – 25 June 1997
Preceded byMarcel Rudloff
Succeeded byRoland Ries
Spokeperson of the Government
In office
4 June 1997 – 30 March 1998
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterLionel Jospin
GovernmentJospin
Preceded byAlain Lamassoure
Succeeded byDaniel Vaillant
Secretary of State for the Elderly and Disabled people
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterMichel Rocard
MinisterMichel Delebarre
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byThéo Braun (Elderly)
Michel Gillibert (Disabled people)
Member of the European Parliament
In office
20 July 2004 – 30 June 2014
Election13 June 2004
7 June 2009
Parliament6th and 7th
Parliamentary groupESP (2004-2009)
S&D (2009-2014)
ConstituencyEast France
In office
25 July 1989 – 5 June 1997
Election15 June 1989
12 June 1994
Parliament3rd and 4th
Parliamentary groupESP
ConstituencyFrance
Member of th National Assembly
In office
12 June 1997 – 4 July 1997
Election1st June 1997
National Assembly11th (Fifth Republic)
Preceded byHarry Lapp
Succeeded byArmand Jung
Parliamentary groupSOC
ConstituencyBas-Rhin's 1st
In office
2 April 1986 – 14 May 1988
Election16 May 1986
National Assembly8th (Fifth Republic)
Preceded byProportional vote by Department
Succeeded byProportional vote by Department
Parliamentary groupSOC
ConstituencyBas-Rhin
Personal details
Born (1951-01-15) 15 January 1951 (age 73)
Strasbourg, France
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materUniversity of Strasbourg
Video-Introduction

Catherine Trautmann (born 15 January 1951 in Strasbourg) is a French politician for the French Socialist Party. She served as Minister of Culture of France in the Lionel Jospin cabinet 1997–2000 and was a Member of the European Parliament 1989–1997 and 2004–2014.[1][2]

Career[edit]

She studied in Strasbourg, obtaining a master's degree in Protestant theology at the Protestant theological faculty of the University of Strasbourg. She is also a specialist on Coptic language and literature.

She was elected as the first female mayor of Strasbourg in 1989, re-elected in 1995, then defeated in 2001.

In the EP she sat on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and was a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education and also a member of the Delegation for relations with Canada.[when?] She was elected from the constituency of East France.[2]

  • Master's degree in Protestant theology (1975)
  • Member of the Socialist Party national council (1977)
  • Member of the Socialist Party national bureau (2000)
  • Member of the national bureau of the National Federation of Socialist and Republican Elected Representatives
  • Member of Strasbourg Municipal Council (1983)
  • Mayor of Strasbourg and Chairwoman of the Strasbourg Urban Community Council (1989–1997 and 2000–2001)
  • Member of Strasbourg City Council and Member of the Strasbourg Urban Community Council (since 2001)
  • Member of the National Assembly (1986–1988)
  • State Secretary for the Elderly and Disabled (1988)
  • Minister for Culture and Communications (1997–2000)
  • Member of the European Parliament (1989–1997)
  • Council of Europe (1987–1988)
  • Chairwoman of the Interdepartmental Task Force on Drug addiction (1988–1990)
  • Commissioner-General for the Expo International 2004 (2000–2002) (cancelled in 2003[3])


References[edit]

  1. ^ Catherine Trautmann (in French) Linternaute.fr. Retrieved 19 June 2014
  2. ^ a b Européennes : ces personnalités qui ont échoué (in French) Le Figaro. 26 May 2014
  3. ^ "Exposition Internationale de 2004".

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