Catherine Trautmann
# 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)
