Emmanuelle Cosse
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Short description|French politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Emmanuelle Cosse
| image = Europe Ecologie closing rally regional elections 2010-03-10 n13.jpg
| caption = Cosse in 2010
| office = Minister of Housing and Sustainable Habitat
| president = François Hollande
| primeminister = Manuel Valls
Bernard Cazeneuve
| term_start = 11 February 2016
| term_end = 10 May 2017
| predecessor = Sylvia Pinel
| successor = Richard Ferrand
{{small|(Territorial Cohesion)}}
| office2 = National Secretary of Europe Ecology – The Greens
| term_start2 = 30 November 2013
| term_end2 = 11 February 2016
| predecessor2 = Pascal Durand
| successor2 = David Cormand
| office3 = Member of the Regional Council
of Île-de-France
| term_start3 = 26 March 2010
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|11|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Paris, France
| party = Europe Ecology – The Greens
| spouse = {{marriage|Denis Baupin|20 June 2015}}
}}
Emmanuelle Cosse (born 15 November 1974) is a French activist with LGBTQ and feminist groups, and a politician with the green party Europe Ecology – The Greens, as well as a journalist and magazine editor.
Biography
A member of a prominent Leftist family,[http://www.liberation.fr/portrait/0101297492-emmanuelle-cosse-25-ans-nouvelle-presidente-d-act-up-premiere-fille-hetero-et-seronegative-a-diriger-l-association-virus-militant Libération : Emmanuelle Cosse, 25 ans, nouvelle présidente d'Act Up. Première femme, hétérosexuelle et séronégative, à diriger l'association. Virus militant.] she first became an activist as a student with the {{lang|fr|Fédération indépendante et démocratique lycéenne}}.
The successor to Philippe Mangeot, from 1999 to 2001, she was president of ACT UP-Paris, the local chapter of international LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS direct action group ACT UP.[https://www.humanite.fr/1999-10-23_Societe_Emmanuelle-Cosse-l-activisme-au-feminin L'Humanité : Emmanuelle Cosse, l'activisme au féminin] She was Co-Editor in Chief of the high-profile magazine {{lang|fr|Regards}}, after having worked for several newspapers.
Political career
She ran as a candidate with the party Europe Écologie (now Europe Écologie – Les Verts) during the 2010 French regional elections, in Île-de-France, which includes the city of Paris.{{Cite web |url=http://ile-de-france.regions-europe-ecologie.fr/5-la-campagne/676-les-candidats-europe-ecologie-presentent-leurs-voeux-a-la-presse/8905072964/ |title=Europe Ecologie : Les candidats Europe Ecologie présentent leurs voeux à la presse |access-date=24 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331041048/http://ile-de-france.regions-europe-ecologie.fr/5-la-campagne/676-les-candidats-europe-ecologie-presentent-leurs-voeux-a-la-presse/8905072964/ |archive-date=31 March 2012 |url-status=dead }} She is currently Vice-President of the 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).[http://europeangreens.eu/news/french-greens-elect-new-secretary-general-and-party-board French Greens elect new General Secretary and party board – European Green Party, 3 Dec. 2013]
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.{{cite news|title=Cosse au Logement, les Verts à la rue|publisher= Liberation|date= 11 February 2016|url=http://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/02/11/cosse-au-logement-les-verts-a-la-rue_1432795}}
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.Arnaud Focraud (12 December 2016) [https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/Primaire-de-la-gauche-pour-qui-votent-les-ministres-831985 Primaire de la gauche : pour qui votent les ministres?] Le Journal du Dimanche.
References
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Category:Europe Ecology – The Greens politicians
Category:French LGBTQ rights activists
Category:21st-century French women politicians
Category:Women government ministers of France