Catherine Trautmann | |
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Minister of Culture | |
In office 4 June 1997 – 27 March 2000 |
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Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
Preceded by | Philippe Douste-Blazy |
Succeeded by | Catherine Tasca |
Mayor of Strasbourg | |
In office 25 June 2000 – 19 March 2001 |
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Preceded by | Roland Ries |
Succeeded by | Fabienne Keller |
In office 24 March 1989 – 25 June 1997 |
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Preceded by | Marcel Rudloff |
Succeeded by | Roland Ries |
Personal details | |
Born |
Strasbourg, France |
15 January 1951
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 2004–2014.
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.