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

|2namedata5 = 6th and 7th

|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

|2namedata6 = 3rd and 4th

|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

}}

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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 20042014.[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}})

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