Patrick Kanner
Patrick Kanner | |
|---|---|
Laura Flessel | |
| President of the General Council of Nord | |
| In office 31 March 2011 – 22 September 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Bernard Derosier |
| Succeeded by | Didier Manier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 April 1957 Lille, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | Lille 2 University of Health and Law |
Patrick Kanner (French pronunciation:
Early life and education
Kanner is the son of Polish Jews who fled Nazism to France. He grew up in Lille and studied at Lille 2 University of Health and Law.
Political career
Career in local politics
Kanner was elected to the municipal council of Lille in 1989. He became Mayor Pierre Mauroy's youngest adjoint the same year, a position he kept when Martine Aubry assumed the mayorship in 2001. In 1998, he was also elected to the General Council of Nord.
Career in government
Elected to the presidency of the Nord General Council in 2011, Kanner became
Senator for Nord
In
Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Kanner endorsed Manuel Valls as the party's candidate for the presidential election later that year.[4]
In the Socialist Party's 2018 convention in Aubervilliers, Kanner publicly endorsed Stéphane Le Foll as candidate for the party's leadership.[5]
References
- ^ "Patrick Kanner". Government of France. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-137-31868-8.
- ^ Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (23 January 2018). "Patrick Kanner élu président du groupe PS au Sénat". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ Grégoire Poussielgue and Pierre-Alain Furbury (15 December 2016), Primaire du PS : Valls engrange les soutiens Les Échos.
- ^ Pierre Lepelletier (7 March 2018), Congrès du PS : qui soutient qui ? Le Figaro.
