Emmanuelle Cosse (born 15 November 1974) is a French activist with

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and feminist groups, and a politician with the

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, as well as a journalist and magazine editor.

Biography

A member of a prominent Leftist family, she first became an activist as a student with the . The successor to Philippe Mangeot, from 1999 to 2001 she was president of ACT UP-Paris, the local chapter of international LGBT rights and

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group

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. She was Co-Editor in Chief of the high-profile magazine ', after having worked for several newspapers.

Political career

She ran as a candidate with the party

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(now

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) during the 2010 French regional elections, in

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, which includes the city of

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. She is currently Vice-President of the

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of Île-de-France, administering the housing portfolio, since 26 March 2010. On 30 November 2013, she is elected National Secretary (in French ''secrétaire nationale'') of Europe Écologie – Les Verts (EELV). On 11 February 2016, she was appointed to French President

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's cabinet as Minister for Housing and Sustainable Habitat. She resigned from her position as National Secretary of Europe Ecology – Les Verts on the same day.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cosse, Emanuelle 1974 births Living people French feminists Europe Ecology – The Greens politicians French LGBT rights activists 21st-century French women politicians Women government ministers of France Women civil rights activists French Ministers of Housing