Catherine Trautmann. Picture taken at the European Parliament, 2006

Mme Catherine Trautmann (born on 15 January 1951 in Strasbourg) is a former Minister of Culture of France and now Member of the European Parliament for the East of France. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1944x2592, 1017 KB) Summary Catherine Trautmann, French Euro-deputy, former mayor of Strasbourg, former French Minister of Cultural Affairs. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1944x2592, 1017 KB) Summary Catherine Trautmann, French Euro-deputy, former mayor of Strasbourg, former French Minister of Cultural Affairs. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Alsace Département Bas-Rhin (67) Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Land area 78. ... The Minister of Culture and Communications is, in the Government of France, the cabinet member in charge of national museums and monuments; promoting and protecting the arts (visual, plastic, theatrical, musical, dance, architectural, literary, televisual and cinematographic) in France and abroad; and managing the national archives and regional maisons de... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... Elections to the European Parliament were held in France on June 13, 2004. ...

She is a member of the Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists and sits on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste or PS), founded in 1969, is the main opposition party in France. ... The Party of European Socialists (PES) (French: Parti socialiste européen (PSE); German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas (SPE); Spanish: Partido socialista europeo (PSE); Italian: Partito socialista europeo (PSE)) is a European political party whose members are 30 social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well... The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) is a committee of the European Parliament. ...

She is a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education and also a member of the Delegation for relations with Canada. [[]]See Cult (disambiguation) if this is not what you were looking for. ...

Career

• Master's degree in Protestant theology (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 Municipal Council (1983)
• Mayor of Strasbourg and Chairwoman of the Strasbourg Urban Community Council (1989-1997 and 2000-2001)
• Member of Strasbourg City Council 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 Culture and Communications (1997-2000)
• Member of the European Parliament (1989-1997)
• Council of Europe (1987-1988)
• Chairwoman of the Interdepartmental Task Force on Drug addiction (1988-1990)
• Commissioner-General for the Expo International 2004 (2000-2002) (cancelled in 2003[1])

Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It can also refer to the study of other religious topics. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Local government of the United States. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Alsace Département Bas-Rhin (67) Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Land area 78. ... A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ... The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning to cultivate, generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... The Palace of Europe in Strasbourg The Council of Europe (French: Conseil de lEurope, German: Europarat) is an international organisation of 46 member states in the European region. ... Drug addiction, or dependency is the compulsive use of drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. ... A Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid-19th century. ...

Decorations

• Knight of the prestigeous Legion of Honour
• Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters
• Doctor honoris causa of the University of Leicester

The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ... French Legion of Honor The Légion dhonneur (in Legion of Honor (AmE) or Legion of Honour (ComE)) is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of France. ... Insignia of a United States Navy Commander Commander is a military rank used in many navies but not generally in armies or air forces. ... See: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ... Honoris causa (plural: Causae) is a Latin term meaning for the sake of honor, abbreviated as . ... University of Leicester seen from Victoria Park - Left to right: the Department of Engineering, the Attenborough tower, the Charles Wilson building. ...

See also

• European Parliament Election, 2004 (France)
• Pierre Seel

Elections to the European Parliament were held in France on June 13, 2004. ... Pierre Seel (born August 16, 1923, in Mulhouse, died November 25, 2005, in Toulouse) is the only French person to have testified openly about his experience of deportation during WWII due to his homosexuality. ...

External links

• European Parliament biography