Emmanuelle Cosse

Emmanuelle Cosse
Cosse in 2010
Minister of Housing and Sustainable Habitat
In office
11 February 2016 – 10 May 2017
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterManuel Valls
Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded bySylvia Pinel
Succeeded byRichard Ferrand
(Territorial Cohesion)
National Secretary of Europe Ecology – The Greens
In office
30 November 2013 – 11 February 2016
Preceded byPascal Durand
Succeeded byDavid Cormand
Member of the Regional Council
of Île-de-France
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 March 2010
Personal details
Born (1974-11-15) 15 November 1974 (age 50)
Paris, France
Political partyEurope Ecology – The Greens
Spouse
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(m. 2015)​

Emmanuelle Cosse (born 15 November 1974) is a French activist with LGBTQ and feminist groups, and a politician with the green party Europe Ecology – The Greens, as well as a journalist and magazine editor.

Biography

A member of a prominent Leftist family,[1] she first became an activist as a student with the Fédération indépendante et démocratique lycéenne.

The successor to Philippe Mangeot, from 1999 to 2001, she was president of ACT UP-Paris, the local chapter of international LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS direct action group ACT UP.[2] She was Co-Editor in Chief of the high-profile magazine Regards, after having worked for several newspapers.

Political career

She ran as a candidate with the party Europe Écologie (now Europe Écologie – Les Verts) during the 2010 French regional elections, in Île-de-France, which includes the city of Paris.[3] She is currently Vice-President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France, administering the housing portfolio, since 26 March 2010. On 30 November 2013, she is elected National Secretary (in French secrétaire nationale) of Europe Écologie – Les Verts (EELV).[4]

On 11 February 2016, Cosse was appointed to French President François Hollande's cabinet as Minister for Housing and Sustainable Habitat. She resigned from her position as National Secretary of Europe Ecology – Les Verts on the same day.[5]

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Cosse publicly endorsed François de Rugy as the left-wing parties' candidate for the presidential election later that year.[6]

References

  1. ^ Libération : Emmanuelle Cosse, 25 ans, nouvelle présidente d'Act Up. Première femme, hétérosexuelle et séronégative, à diriger l'association. Virus militant.
  2. ^ L'Humanité : Emmanuelle Cosse, l'activisme au féminin
  3. ^ "Europe Ecologie : Les candidats Europe Ecologie présentent leurs voeux à la presse". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  4. ^ French Greens elect new General Secretary and party board – European Green Party, 3 Dec. 2013
  5. ^ "Cosse au Logement, les Verts à la rue". Liberation. 11 February 2016.
  6. ^ Arnaud Focraud (12 December 2016) Primaire de la gauche : pour qui votent les ministres? Le Journal du Dimanche.