Patrick Kanner
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Patrick Kanner | |
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File:Patrick KANNER 7 réduite.jpg Patrick Kanner in 2012 | |
Member of the French Senate for Nord | |
Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
President of the Socialist Group in the French Senate | |
Assumed office 23 January 2018 | |
Preceded by | Didier Guillaume |
Minister of Urban Affairs, Youth Affairs and Sports | |
In office 26 August 2014 – 10 May 2017 | |
President | François Hollande |
Prime Minister | Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
Preceded by | Najat Vallaud-Belkacem |
Succeeded by | Laura Flessel |
President of the General Council of Nord | |
In office 31 March 2011 – 22 September 2014 | |
Preceded by | Bernard Derosier |
Succeeded by | Didier Manier |
Member of the Municipal council of Lille | |
In office 1989–2014 | |
Mayor | Pierre Mauroy Martine Aubry |
Personal details | |
Born | Lille, France | 29 April 1957
Political party | Socialist Party |
Alma mater | Lille 2 University of Health and Law |
Patrick Kanner (French pronunciation: [patʁik ka.ne]; born 29 April 1957) is a member of the French Senate. He represents the department of Nord, and is a member of the Socialist Party.[1][2] After the retirement of Didier Guillaume, he was elected president of the Socialist group in the Senate with 47 votes, against Laurence Rossignol with 25 votes, on 23 January 2018.[3]
References
- ^ "Patrick Kanner". Government of France. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ D. Bell; B. Criddle (18 November 2014). Exceptional Socialists: The Case of the French Socialist Party. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-137-31868-8.
- ^ Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (23 January 2018). "Patrick Kanner élu président du groupe PS au Sénat". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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- 1957 births
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- Senators of Nord (French department)
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