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Catherine Trautmann

Catherine Trautmann
Catherine Trautmann MEP, Strasbourg - Diliff.jpg
Minister of Culture
In office
4 June 1997 – 27 March 2000
Prime Minister Lionel Jospin
Preceded by Philippe Douste-Blazy
Succeeded by Catherine Tasca
Mayor of Strasbourg
In office
25 June 2000 – 19 March 2001
Preceded by Roland Ries
Succeeded by Fabienne Keller
In office
24 March 1989 – 25 June 1997
Preceded by Marcel Rudloff
Succeeded by Roland Ries
Personal details
Born (1951-01-15) 15 January 1951 (age 66)
Strasbourg, France
Political party Socialist Party
Alma mater University of Strasbourg

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 20042014.

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.

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.


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