Emmanuelle Cosse
Emmanuelle Cosse | |
|---|---|
Regional Council of Île-de-France | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1974 Paris, France |
| Political party | Europe Ecology – The Greens |
| Spouse | |
Emmanuelle Cosse (born 15 November 1974) is a French activist with
Europe Ecology – The Greens
, as well as a journalist and magazine editor.
Biography
A member of a prominent Leftist family,[1] she first became an activist as a student with the Fédération indépendante et démocratique lycéenne.
The successor to
ACT UP-Paris, the local chapter of international LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS direct action group ACT UP.[2] She was Co-Editor in Chief of the high-profile magazine Regards
, after having worked for several newspapers.
Political career
She ran as a candidate with the party
Regional Council of Île-de-France, administering the housing portfolio, since 26 March 2010. On 30 November 2013, she is elected National Secretary (in French secrétaire nationale) of Europe Écologie – Les Verts (EELV).[4]
On 11 February 2016, Cosse was appointed to French President François Hollande's cabinet as Minister for Housing and Sustainable Habitat. She resigned from her position as National Secretary of Europe Ecology – Les Verts on the same day.[5]
Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Cosse publicly endorsed François de Rugy as the left-wing parties' candidate for the presidential election later that year.[6]
References
- ^ Libération : Emmanuelle Cosse, 25 ans, nouvelle présidente d'Act Up. Première femme, hétérosexuelle et séronégative, à diriger l'association. Virus militant.
- ^ L'Humanité : Emmanuelle Cosse, l'activisme au féminin
- ^ "Europe Ecologie : Les candidats Europe Ecologie présentent leurs voeux à la presse". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ French Greens elect new General Secretary and party board – European Green Party, 3 Dec. 2013
- ^ "Cosse au Logement, les Verts à la rue". Liberation. 11 February 2016.
- ^ Arnaud Focraud (12 December 2016) Primaire de la gauche : pour qui votent les ministres? Le Journal du Dimanche.
