Catherine Tasca (born 13 December 1941 in

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) was a member of the

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, representing the

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, and served as the Senate's vice-president. From 2000 to 2002 she was

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Family life

She is the daughter of Angelo Tasca, a former founding member of the Communist Party of Italy from

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. After expulsion from the Communist Party, Angelo went into exile in France. There he joined the French Section of the Workers' International in 1934 and later supported the

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in the 1940s.

References

Page on the Senate website
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