Pierre Moscovici - Biography

Pierre Moscovici (born September 16, 1957) is a French politician, a member of the Departmental Council of Doubs and a Member of the French Parliament. He is a member of the French Socialist Party (PS); part of the Party of European Socialists. He has been National Secretary of his party since 1995.

Biography

Born in Paris, he is the son of the influential Romanian-Jewish social psychologist Serge Moscovici and of the psychoanalyst Marie Bromberg-Moscovici^[1]. Pierre Moscovici obtained a DEA in economics, one in philosophy, and graduated the École nationale d'administration (where he studied under Dominique Strauss-Kahn). He was also a president of À gauche en Europe, a group founded by Strauss-Kahn and Michel Rocard.

Initially active in the Revolutionary Communist League, he left in 1984 to join the PS, and, in 1986, became secretary of the "experts' group" created by Claude Allègre.

From 1997 to 2002 he was Minister for European Affairs in the government of Lionel Jospin. On 20 July 2004 he was elected one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament and re-elected on 17 January 2007.

Political career

Governmental function

Minister of European Affairs : 1997-2002.

Electoral mandates

European Parliament

Member of European Parliament : 1994-1997 (Elected in the National Assembly of France in 1997, and became minister) / 2004-2007 (Resignation, reelected member of the National Assembly of France in 2007). Elected in 1994, reelected in 2004.

National Assembly of France

Member of the National Assembly of France for Doubs : Elected in 1997, but became minister in June) / And since 2007. Elected in 1997, reelected in 2007.

Regional Council

Regional councillor of Franche-Comté : 1998-2004.

General Council

General councillor of Doubs : 1994-2001.

Municipal Council

Municipal councillor of Valentigney : Since 2008.

Municipal councillor of Montbéliard : 1995-2008. Reelected in 2001.

Agglomeration community Council

President of the Agglomeration community of the Pays de Montbéliard : Since 2008.

Member of the Agglomeration community of the Pays de Montbéliard : Since 2008.