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Pierre Cohen (born 20 March 1950) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the
Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country' ...
department, and is a member of the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left group.


Early life

Cohen was born in Bizerte, a town in North Tunisia to a
Tunisian Jewish The history of the Jews in Tunisia extended nearly two thousand years and goes back to the Ancient Carthage, Punic era. The Jewish community in Tunisia is no doubt older and grew up following successive waves of immigration and proselytism ...
father and French
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mother.


Mayor of Toulouse

In the 2008 French municipal elections, he became mayor of
Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...
when he narrowly defeated UMP incumbent
Jean-Luc Moudenc Jean-Luc Moudenc (; oc, Joan Luc Modenc, link=no, ; born 19 July 1960) is a French politician serving as Mayor of Toulouse since 2014, previously holding the office from 2004 to 2008. A member of The Republicans, he was defeated for reelection ...
. However, at the next elections in
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
, Moudenc defeated Cohen in a rematch to re-take the job.


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References

1950 births Living people People from Bizerte French people of Tunisian-Jewish descent Socialist Party (France) politicians Deputies of the 11th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Mayors of Toulouse Paul Sabatier University alumni Politicians from Occitania (administrative region) {{France-mayor-stub