David Assouline (born 16 June 1959) is a member of the

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, representing the city of

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. First elected to the Senate on 26 September 2004, he is a member of the

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. He is simultaneously a

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for the

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. Assouline is a board member of the

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television network and a member of the

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Commission ''(Commission du dividende numérique)'',''Rapport de la Commission du dividende numérique au Premier Ministre''
, July 2008, 82 pages (in French) which recommended reallocation of frequencies made available by the ending of analogue broadcasting. Previously he has served as a member of the French Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and as a member of the Women's Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ''(Délégation aux droits des femmes et à l'égalité des chances entre les hommes et les femmes)''.

Works (with Mehdi Lallaoui)

Assouline is a historian who has written a 3-volume survey of France's relationship with its immigrants. However, he is best known for his work on the harsh repression of Algerians living in France during the Algerian War. *''Un siècle d’immigration'', Au Nom de la Mémoire (ANM) * 1996, Vol. 1: ''Un siècle d'immigrations en France (1851–1918)'', 144 pp., * 1996, Vol. 2: ''Un siècle d'immigrations en France (1919–1945)'', 144 pp., * 1997, Vol. 3: ''Un siècle d'immigrations en France (de 1945 à nos jours)'', 144 pp., * 2001: ''A propos d’octobre 1961'', Au Nom de la Mémoire

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