Jacques Cotta

{{short description|French politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jacques Cotta

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| office = Mayor of Nice

| term_start = 1945

| term_end = 1947

| predecessor = Virgile Barel

| successor = Jean Médecin

| birth_date = {{birth date text|1908}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ajpn.org/personne-Jacques-Cotta-6130.html|language=fr|title=Jacques Cotta|accessdate=May 30, 2020|publisher=ajpn.org}}

| birth_place = Nice, France

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1971|1908}}

| death_place = Nice, France

| party = SFIO{{cite web|url=https://blogs.mediapart.fr/lancetre/blog/131018/jacques-cotta-quitte-le-media-il-devient-un-simple-lieu-de-propagande|language=fr|title=Jacques Cotta quitte Le Média: "il devient un simple lieu de propagande" |accessdate=May 30, 2020|publisher=mediapart.fr}}

| occupation = Politician
French Resistance fighter
Journalist
Lawyer

| children = Michèle Cotta
Alain Cotta

}}

Jacques Cotta (1908 – 1971) was a French politician, lawyer, journalist.{{cite web|url=https://www.nicematin.com/greve-mouvements-sociaux/le-journaliste-jacques-cotta-et-des-gilets-jaunes-perturbent-le-grand-debat-au-hameau-de-libre-a-breil-sur-roya-296019|language=fr|title=Le journaliste Jacques Cotta et des "gilets jaunes" perturbent le Grand débat au hameau de Libre, à Breil-sur-Roya|accessdate=May 30, 2020|publisher=nicematin.com}} He was a member of the SFIO party.{{cite web|url=https://www.marianne.net/debattons/tribunes/comment-le-media-m-censure-par-jacques-cotta|language=fr|title=Comment le Média m'a censuré, par Jacques Cotta|accessdate=May 30, 2020|publisher=marianne.net}} He served as Mayor of Nice from 1945 to 1947. He was elected mayor of Nice in 1945 against the communist Virgile Barel. He was also member of the French Resistance. He lost the municipal election of 1947 during which Jean Médecin won.{{cite web|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/region/une-affaire-de-familles_481077.html|language=fr|title=Une affaire de familles e|accessdate=May 30, 2020|publisher=lexpress.fr}}