Emmanuelle Cosse

Emmanuelle Cosse in 2010.

Emmanuelle Cosse, born in 1974, is an activist with LGBT and feminist groups, a journalist and magazine editor, and a French politician.

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 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 Secretary General (in French secrétaire nationale) of Europe Écologie – Les Verts (EELV).[4]

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
  4. ↑ French Greens elect new Secretary General and party board - European Green Party, 3 Dec. 2013