Catherine Trautmann

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Catherine Trautmann
Minister of Culture
In office
4 June 1997 – 27 March 2000
Prime MinisterLionel Jospin
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
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

Minister of Culture of France in the Lionel Jospin cabinet 1997–2000 and was a Member of the European Parliament 1989–1997 and 20042014.[1][2]

Career

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 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]


References

  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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