| David Assouline | |
|---|---|
| French parliamentarian | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2004 |
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| Constituency | Paris |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1959 |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
David Assouline (born 16 June 1959, Sefrou, Morocco) is a member of the Senate of France, representing the city of Paris. First elected to the Senate on 26 September 2004, he is a member of the Socialist Party. He is simultaneously a councillor for the 20th arrondissement of Paris.
Assouline is a board member of the France 2 television network and a member of the Digital Dividend Commission [1] (Commission du dividende numérique), which recommended reallocation of frequencies made available by the ending of analogue broadcasting. Previously he has served as a member of the French Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and as a member of the Women's Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Délégation aux droits des femmes et à l'égalité des chances entre les hommes et les femmes).
Assouline is a historian who has written a 3-volume survey of France's relationship with its immigrants. However, he is best known for his work on the harsh repression of Algerians living in France during the Algerian War.