Pierre Cohen

Pierre Cohen
Pierre Cohen
	Pierre Cohen in 2010
Mayor of Toulouse
	In office; 21 March 2008 – 4 April 2014
Preceded by	Jean-Luc Moudenc
Succeeded by	Jean-Luc Moudenc
Member of the National Assembly; for Haute-Garonne's 3rd constituency
	In office; 12 June 1997 – 19 June 2012
Preceded by	Serge Didier
Succeeded by	Jean-Luc Moudenc
Personal details
Born	20 March 1950 (age 74); Bizerte, Tunisia
Nationality	French
Political party	Socialist Party; Génération.s
Alma mater	Paul 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]

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.

^ "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
^ Marti, Sebastien (2 January 2008). "Pierre Cohen, le candidat PS côté cœur". ladepeche.fr. La Depeche. Retrieved 29 March 2012.

This article about a Socialist Party of France politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a mayor in France is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	France BnF data
People	Sycomore
Other	IdRef