Catherine TRAUTMANN

PECHCommittee on Fisheries
D-USDelegation for relations with the United States

ITRECommittee on Industry, Research and Energy

• Master's degree in Protestant theology (1975). Theologian specialising in the history of religion.
• Member of the national council of the Socialist Party.
• Member of the PSE (since 2008).
• Member of Strasbourg Municipal Council (since 1983). Mayor of Strasbourg and chair of the Strasbourg Urban Community Council (1989-1997 and 2000-2001). Vice chair of the Strasbourg Urban Community Council (since 2008).
• Member of the National Assembly for Bas-Rhin (1986-1988). Reelected to National Assembly without taking her seat (1997).
• State Secretary for the elderly and disabled (1988). Chair of the interdepartmental task force on drug addiction (1988-1989). Minister for Culture and Communications (1997-2000).
• Member of the European Parliament (1989-1997 and since 2004). Head of the French Socialist delegation (since 2009).
• Chair of the autonomous port of Strasbourg (since 2008).
• Knight of the Legion of Honour. Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters. Honorary doctorate, University of Leicester.