Catherine Trautmann (born 15 January 1951) is a French politician for the

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. She served as

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in the Lionel Jospin cabinet 1997–2000 and was a

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1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

–1997 and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

–

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

.Européennes : ces personnalités qui ont échoué
''Le Figaro''. 26 May 2014

Career

She studied in Strasbourg, obtaining a master's degree in Protestant theology at the Protestant theological faculty of the

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. She is also a specialist on

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and literature. She was elected as the first female

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Strasbourg Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...

in 1989, re-elected in 1995, then defeated in 2001. In the EP she sat on the

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and was a substitute for the

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and also a member of the Delegation for relations with

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. She was elected from the constituency of East France. * Master's degree in

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

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(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

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(1983) *

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and Chairwoman of the Strasbourg Urban Community Council (1989–1997 and 2000–2001) * Member of Strasbourg

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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

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and Communications (1997–2000) * Member of the

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(1989–1997) *

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(1987–1988) * Chairwoman of the Interdepartmental Task Force on

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(1988–1990) * Commissioner-General for the Expo International 2004 (2000–2002) (cancelled in 2003)

References

External links

European Parliament biography
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