Pierre Cohen (born 20 March 1950) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haute-Garonne department,[1] and is a member of the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left group.

Pierre Cohen
Pierre Cohen in 2010
Mayor of Toulouse
In office
21 March 2008 – 4 April 2014
Preceded byJean-Luc Moudenc
Succeeded byJean-Luc Moudenc
Member of the National Assembly
for Haute-Garonne's 3rd constituency
In office
12 June 1997 – 19 June 2012
Preceded bySerge Didier
Succeeded byJean-Luc Moudenc
Personal details
Born (1950-03-20) 20 March 1950 (age 74)
Bizerte, Tunisia
Political partySocialist Party
Génération.s
Alma materPaul Sabatier University

Early life

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Cohen was born in Bizerte, a town in North Tunisia to a Tunisian Jewish father and French Catholic mother.[2]

Political career

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In the 2008 French municipal elections, Cohen became mayor of Toulouse when he narrowly defeated UMP incumbent Jean-Luc Moudenc. However, at the next elections in 2014, Moudenc defeated Cohen in a rematch to re-take the job.

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Cohen endorsed Benoît Hamon as the party's candidate for the presidential election later that year.[3]

See also

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  Media related to Pierre Cohen at Wikimedia Commons

References

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  1. ^ "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  2. ^ Marti, Sebastien (2 January 2008). "Pierre Cohen, le candidat PS côté cœur". ladepeche.fr. La Depeche. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  3. ^ Grégoire Poussielgue and Pierre-Alain Furbury (15 December 2016), Primaire du PS : Valls engrange les soutiens Les Échos.


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