Ian Brossat (; born 23 April 1980) is a French politician and since September 2023 a member of the

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representing the Communist Party, sitting with the

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Biography

Ian Brossat is the son of Alain Brossat, a philosopher and professor at

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, and

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-born Sylvia Klingberg. Brossat's grandfather

Marcus Klingberg Avraham Marek Klingberg (7 October 1918 – 30 November 2015), known as Marcus Klingberg (), was a Polish-born Israeli epidemiologist and the highest ranking Soviet spy ever uncovered in Israel. Klingberg made major contributions in the fields o ...

was a

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-born

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epidemiologist Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent diseases. It is a cornerstone ...

, veteran of the

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and

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spy. His maternal grandmother, Adjia Eisman (also known as Wanda Yashinskaya), was a

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survivor all of whose family perished. From 2008 he was a member of the

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, representing the

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, elected as a

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. He stood for election to the

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, losing to

Daniel Vaillant Daniel Vaillant (born 19 July 1949) is a French Socialist politician. Biography Close to Lionel Jospin, Vaillant held several ministerial portfolios in his cabinets: Minister of the Relations with Parliament from 1997 to 2000 and Interior Mi ...

. Brossat graduated from the

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. Ian Brossat is gay; he married his husband Brice in 2013.

References

1980 births Councillors of Paris ENS Fontenay-Saint-Cloud-Lyon alumni French Communist Party politicians 21st-century French Jews French people of Israeli descent French people of Polish-Jewish descent French people of Swedish descent French gay politicians Jewish socialists Living people Lycée Henri-IV alumni Gay Jews LGBTQ legislators in France 21st-century French LGBTQ people French LGBTQ rights activists Politicians from Paris Politicians of the French Fifth Republic Candidates for the 2017 French legislative election Senators of Paris {{France-politician-PCF-stub