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Prime Minister
  
Lionel Jospin

Succeeded by
  
Fabienne Keller

Preceded by
  
Roland Ries

Role
  
French Politician


Succeeded by
  
Catherine Tasca

Name
  
Catherine Trautmann

Preceded by
  
Marcel Rudloff

Party
  
Socialist Party

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Similar People
  
Roland Ries, Fabienne Keller, Francois Mitterrand

Education
  
University of Strasbourg

Preceded by
  
Philippe Douste-Blazy

Transatlantic Week: Catherine Trautmann (MEP)


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.

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

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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. She was elected from the constituency of East France.

  • 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)

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