Emmanuelle Cosse

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

Emmanuelle Cosse
Emmanuelle 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
Assumed office
26 March 2010
Personal details
Born (1974-11-15) 15 November 1974
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyEurope Ecology – The Greens
Spouse(s)
(m. 2015)

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 March 26, 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, she 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]

References

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