Pierre Cohen

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Pierre Cohen
Novela 2010 - Pierre Cohen.jpg
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 by
Succeeded byJean-Luc Moudenc
Personal details
Born (1950-03-20) 20 March 1950 (age 71)
Bizerte, Tunisia
NationalityFrench
Political partySocialist Party
Génération.s
Alma materPaul Sabatier University

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.

Early life[]

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

Mayor of Toulouse[]

In the 2008 French municipal elections, he 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.

See also[]

Media related to Pierre Cohen at Wikimedia Commons

References[]

  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.

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