Pierre Cohen (born 20 March 1950) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haute-Garonne department,^[1] and is a member of the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left group.

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Pierre Cohen
Pierre Cohen in 2010
Mayor of Toulouse
In office 21 March 2008 – 4 April 2014
Preceded by	Jean-Luc Moudenc
Succeeded by	Jean-Luc Moudenc
Member of the National Assembly for Haute-Garonne's 3rd constituency
In office 12 June 1997 – 19 June 2012
Preceded by	Serge Didier
Succeeded by	Jean-Luc Moudenc
Personal details
Born	(1950-03-20) 20 March 1950 (age 74) Bizerte, Tunisia
Political party	Socialist Party Génération.s
Alma mater	Paul Sabatier University

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Cohen was born in Bizerte, a town in North Tunisia to a Tunisian Jewish father and French Catholic mother.^[2]

In the 2008 French municipal elections, Cohen became mayor of Toulouse when he narrowly defeated UMP incumbent Jean-Luc Moudenc. However, at the next elections in 2014, Moudenc defeated Cohen in a rematch to re-take the job.

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Cohen endorsed Benoît Hamon as the party's candidate for the presidential election later that year.^[3]

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