| Catherine Trautmann | |
| Office: | Minister of Culture |
| President: | Jacques Chirac |
| Primeminister: | Lionel Jospin |
| 1Blankname: | Government |
| 1Namedata: | Jospin |
| Term Start: | 4 June 1997 |
| Term End: | 27 March 2000 |
| Predecessor: | Philippe Douste-Blazy |
| Successor: | Catherine Tasca |
| Office1: | Mayor of Strasbourg |
| Term Start1: | 25 June 2000 |
| Term End1: | 19 March 2001 |
| Predecessor1: | Roland Ries |
| Successor1: | Fabienne Keller |
| Term Start2: | 24 March 1989 |
| Term End2: | 25 June 1997 |
| Predecessor2: | Marcel Rudloff |
| Successor2: | Roland Ries |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1951 |
| Office3: | Spokesperson of the Government |
| President3: | Jacques Chirac |
| Primeminister3: | Lionel Jospin |
| 1Blankname3: | Government |
| 1Namedata3: | Jospin |
| Term Start3: | 4 June 1997 |
| Term End3: | 30 March 1998 |
| Predecessor3: | Alain Lamassoure |
| Successor3: | Daniel Vaillant |
| Office4: | Secretary of State for the Elderly and Disabled people |
| President4: | François Mitterrand |
| Primeminister4: | Michel Rocard |
| 1Blankname4: | Minister |
| 1Namedata4: | Michel Delebarre |
| Predecessor4: | Office created |
| Office5: | Member of the European Parliament |
| Term Start5: | 20 July 2004 |
| Term End5: | 30 June 2014 |
| 1Blankname5: | Election |
| 1Namedata5: | 13 June 2004 7 June 2009 |
| Constituency5: | East France |
| 2Blankname5: | Parliament |
| 2Namedata5: | 6th and 7th |
| Term Start6: | 25 July 1989 |
| Term End6: | 5 June 1997 |
| 1Blankname6: | Election |
| 1Namedata6: | 15 June 1989 12 June 1994 |
| Constituency6: | France |
| 2Blankname6: | Parliament |
| 2Namedata6: | 3rd and 4th |
| Parliamentarygroup6: | ESP |
| Office7: | Member of th National Assembly |
| Term Start7: | 12 June 1997 |
| Term End7: | 4 July 1997 |
| 1Blankname7: | Election |
| 1Namedata7: | 1st June 1997 |
| Constituency7: | Bas-Rhin's 1st |
| 2Blankname7: | National Assembly |
| 2Namedata7: | 11th |
| Parliamentarygroup7: | SOC |
| Predecessor7: | Harry Lapp |
| Successor7: | Armand Jung |
| Term Start8: | 2 April 1986 |
| Term End8: | 14 May 1988 |
| 1Blankname8: | Election |
| 1Namedata8: | 16 May 1986 |
| Constituency8: | Bas-Rhin |
| 2Blankname8: | National Assembly |
| 2Namedata8: | 8th |
| Parliamentarygroup8: | SOC |
| Predecessor8: | Proportional vote by Department |
| Successor8: | Proportional vote by Department |
| Birth Place: | Strasbourg, France |
| Party: | Socialist Party |
| Alma Mater: | University of Strasbourg |
Catherine Trautmann (born 15 January 1951 in Strasbourg) is a French politician for the French Socialist Party. 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.[1] [2]
She studied in Strasbourg, obtaining a master's degree in Protestant theology at the Protestant theological faculty of the University of Strasbourg. 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.
In the EP 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. She was elected from the constituency of East France.[2]