Catherine Trautmann

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.

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 (1975)
 * Member of the Socialist Party national council (1977)
 * Member of the Socialist Party national bureau (2000)
 * Member of the national bureau of the National Federation of Socialist and Republican Elected Representatives
 * Member of Strasbourg Municipal Council (1983)
 * Mayor of Strasbourg and Chairwoman of the Strasbourg Urban Community Council (1989–1997 and 2000–2001)
 * Member of Strasbourg City Council and Member of the Strasbourg Urban Community Council (since 2001)
 * Member of the National Assembly (1986–1988)
 * State Secretary for the Elderly and Disabled (1988)
 * Minister for Culture and Communications (1997–2000)
 * Member of the European Parliament (1989–1997)
 * Council of Europe (1987–1988)
 * Chairwoman of the Interdepartmental Task Force on Drug addiction (1988–1990)
 * Commissioner-General for the Expo International 2004 (2000–2002) (cancelled in 2003 )