Catherine Tasca
Catherine Tasca | |
|---|---|
| French Minister of Culture | |
| In office 2000–2002 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
| Preceded by | Catherine Trautmann |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Jacques Aillagon |
| Senator for Yvelines | |
| In office 26 September 2004 – 1 October 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 December 1941 Lyon, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po, ÉNA |
Catherine Tasca (French pronunciation: [katʁin taska]; born 13 December 1941 in Lyon) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as a member of the Senate of France, representing the Yvelines department from 2004 to 2017, including as the Senate's vice-president. From 2000 to 2002 she was Minister of Culture in France.