Emmanuelle Cosse
| Emmanuelle Cosse | |
|---|---|
 Emmanuelle Cosse in 2010 | |
| Minister of Housing and sustainable Habitat (French: Ministre du Logement et de l'Habitat durable) | |
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Assumed office 11 February 2016 | |
| President | François Hollande |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls |
| Preceded by | Sylvia Pinel |
| National Secretary of Europe Ecology – The Greens | |
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In office 30 November 2013 – 11 February 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Pascal Durand |
| Succeeded by | David Cormand |
| Member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France | |
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Assumed office 26 March 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 November 1974 Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Europe Ecology – The Greens |
| Spouse(s) | Denis Baupin (m. 2015) |
Emmanuelle Cosse (born 15 November 1974) is a French activist with LGBT and feminist groups, and a politician with the green party Europe Ecology – The Greens, as well as a journalist and magazine editor.
Biography
A member of a prominent Leftist family,[1] she first became an activist as a student with the Fédération indépendante et démocratique lycéenne.
The successor to Philippe Mangeot, from 1999 to 2001 she was president of Act Up-Paris, the local chapter of international LGBT rights group Act Up.[2] She was Co-Editor in Chief of the high-profile magazine Regards, after having worked for several newspapers.
Political career
She ran as a candidate with the party Europe Écologie (now Europe Écologie – Les Verts) during the 2010 French regional elections, in Île-de-France, which includes the city of Paris.[3] She is currently Vice-President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France, administering the housing portfolio, since March 26, 2010. On 30 November 2013, she is elected General Secretary (in French secrétaire nationale) of Europe Écologie – Les Verts (EELV).[4]
On 11 February 2016, she was appointed to French President François Hollande's cabinet as Minister for Housing and sustainable Habitat. She resigned from her position as General Secretary of Europe Ecology - Les Verts on the same day.[5]
References
- ↑ Libération : Emmanuelle Cosse, 25 ans, nouvelle présidente d'Act Up. Première femme, hétérosexuelle et séronégative, à diriger l'association. Virus militant.
- ↑ L'Humanité : Emmanuelle Cosse, l’activisme au féminin
- ↑ Europe Ecologie : Les candidats Europe Ecologie présentent leurs voeux à la presse
- ↑ French Greens elect new General Secretary and party board - European Green Party, 3 Dec. 2013
- ↑ "Cosse au Logement, les Verts à la rue". Liberation. February 11, 2016.