Ian Brossat


Ian Brossat is a French politician. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Paris Council representing the 18th arrondissement, elected as a Communist. He unsuccessfully stood for election to the National Assembly in 2012, losing to Daniel Vaillant.
Brossat is the son of Alain Brossat, philosopher and professor at University of Paris VIII, and Swedish-born Sylvia Klingberg. Brossat's grandfather Marcus Klingberg was a Polish-born Israeli epidemiologist, who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.
Brossat graduated from the École normale supérieure de Lyon.