Catherine Trautmann
{{Short description|French politician (born 1951)}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Catherine Trautmann
|image = Catherine Trautmann par Claude Truong-Ngoc février 2016.jpg
|office = Minister of Culture
|president = Jacques Chirac
|primeminister = Lionel Jospin
|1blankname = Government
|1namedata = Jospin
|term_start = 4 June 1997
|term_end = 27 March 2000
|predecessor = Philippe Douste-Blazy
|successor = Catherine Tasca
|office1 = Mayor of Strasbourg
|term_start1 = 25 June 2000
|term_end1 = 19 March 2001
|predecessor1 = Roland Ries
|successor1 = Fabienne Keller
|term_start2 = 24 March 1989
|term_end2 = 25 June 1997
|predecessor2 = Marcel Rudloff
|successor2 = Roland Ries
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|1|15|df=y}}
|office3 = Spokesperson of the Government
|president3 = Jacques Chirac
|primeminister3 = Lionel Jospin
|1blankname3 = Government
|1namedata3 = Jospin
|term_start3 = 4 June 1997
|term_end3 = 30 March 1998
|predecessor3 = Alain Lamassoure
|successor3 = Daniel Vaillant
|office4 = Secretary of State for the Elderly and Disabled people
|president4 = François Mitterrand
|primeminister4 = Michel Rocard
|1blankname4 = Minister
|1namedata4 = Michel Delebarre
|predecessor4 = Office created
|successor4 = Théo Braun {{small|(Elderly)}}
Michel Gillibert {{small|(Disabled people)}}
|office5 = Member of the European Parliament
|term_start5 = 20 July 2004
|term_end5 = 30 June 2014
|1blankname5 = Election
|1namedata5 = 13 June 2004
7 June 2009
|constituency5 = East France
|2blankname5 = Parliament
|parliamentarygroup5 = ESP {{small|(2004-2009)}}
S&D {{small|(2009-2014)}}
|term_start6 = 25 July 1989
|term_end6 = 5 June 1997
|1blankname6 = Election
|1namedata6 = 15 June 1989
12 June 1994
|constituency6 = France
|2blankname6 = Parliament
|parliamentarygroup6 = ESP
|office7 = Member of th National Assembly
|term_start7 = 12 June 1997
|term_end7 = 4 July 1997
|1blankname7 = Election
|1namedata7 = 1st June 1997
|constituency7 = Bas-Rhin's 1st
|2blankname7 = National Assembly
|2namedata7 = 11th {{small|(Fifth Republic)}}
|parliamentarygroup7 = SOC
|predecessor7 = Harry Lapp
|successor7 = Armand Jung
|term_start8 = 2 April 1986
|term_end8 = 14 May 1988
|1blankname8 = Election
|1namedata8 = 16 May 1986
|constituency8 = Bas-Rhin
|2blankname8 = National Assembly
|2namedata8 = 8th {{small|(Fifth Republic)}}
|parliamentarygroup8 = SOC
|predecessor8 = Proportional vote by Department
|successor8 = Proportional vote by Department
|birth_place = Strasbourg, France
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Socialist Party
|alma_mater = University of Strasbourg
}}
File:Trautmann, Catherine (en).webm
Catherine Trautmann (born 15 January 1951) 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.[http://www.linternaute.com/biographie/catherine-trautmann/biographie/ Catherine Trautmann] {{in lang|fr}} Linternaute.fr. Retrieved 19 June 2014[http://www.lefigaro.fr/elections/europeennes-2014/2014/05/26/01053-20140526ARTFIG00116-europeennes-ces-personnalites-qui-ont-echoue.php?pagination=4 Européennes : ces personnalités qui ont échoué] {{in lang|fr}} Le Figaro. 26 May 2014
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 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|date=June 2014}} 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{{Cite web|url=http://admi.net/expo2004/press.html|title = Exposition Internationale de 2004}})
References
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External links
- [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=1129 European Parliament biography]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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