Catherine Trautmann
Catherine Trautmann 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.
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. She was elected from the constituency of East France.
- Master's degree in Protestant theology
- Member of the Socialist Party national council
- Member of the Socialist Party national bureau
- Member of the national bureau of the National Federation of Socialist and Republican Elected Representatives
- Member of Strasbourg Municipal Council
- Mayor of Strasbourg and Chairwoman of the Strasbourg Urban Community Council
- Member of Strasbourg City Council and Member of the Strasbourg Urban Community Council
- Member of the National Assembly
- State Secretary for the Elderly and Disabled
- Minister for Culture and Communications
- Member of the European Parliament
- Council of Europe
- Chairwoman of the Interdepartmental Task Force on Drug addiction
- Commissioner-General for the Expo International 2004