Jean-Pierre Cot

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Jean-Pierre Cot is a politician, born in Geneva, on October 23, 1937.

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He is the son of Pierre Cot, also politician and minister.

He was professor of public law and international law at the University of Amiens, then the University of Paris I, before being elected to the Savoy in 1973. He was later re-elected, before joining the Socialist government of Pierre Mauroy in 1981 as deputy Minister in charge of Co-operation and Development.

He became a Member of European Parliament in 1978–1979 and 1984–1999, and chaired the socialist group of the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994, before becoming its vice-president in 1997.

Since 2002 he has been a member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.