Pierre Cohen (born 20 March 1950) is a member of the
National Assembly of France
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. 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's ...
department,
and is a member of the
Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left
The Socialists and affiliated group (french: groupe Socialistes et apparentés ) is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including representatives of the Socialist Party (PS).
History
The first socialist parliamentary group emerged i ...
group.
Early life
Cohen was born in
Bizerte
Bizerte or Bizerta ( ar, بنزرت, translit=Binzart , it, Biserta, french: link=no, Bizérte) the classical Hippo, is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the cap ...
, a town in North Tunisia to a
Tunisian Jewish
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father and French
Catholic
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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 Par ...
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
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, Moudenc defeated Cohen in a rematch to re-take the job.
See also
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)
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