Background
Trautmann, Catherine was born in January 1951 in Strasbourg, France.
Member of the European Parliament
Trautmann, Catherine was born in January 1951 in Strasbourg, France.
Student, Strasbourg Faculty Theology.
She is also a specialist on Coptic language and literature. She was elected as the first female mayor of Strasbourg in 1989, re-elected in 1995, then defeated in 2001. She was elected from the constituency of East France.
Mayor of Strasbourg and Chairwoman of the Strasbourg Urban Community Council (1989–1997 and 2000–2001)
State Secretary for the Elderly and Disabled (1988)
Minister for Culture and Communications (1997–2000)
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).
Member of the national bureau of the National Federation of Socialist and Republican Elected Representatives.
She served as Minister of Culture of France in the Lionel Jospin cabinet 1997–2000 and was a Member of the European Parliament 1989–1997 and 2004–2014. In the European Parliament she sat on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and was a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education and also a member of the Delegation for relations with Canada. Member of the Socialist Party national council (1977)
Member of the Socialist Party national bureau (2000)
Member of Strasbourg Municipal Council (1983)
Member of Strasbourg City Council and Member of the Strasbourg Urban Community Council (since 2001)
Member of the National Assembly (1986–1988)
Member of the European Parliament (1989–1997).
Married; 2 children.