Pierre Cohen


Pierre Cohen is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haute-Garonne department, and is a member of the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left group.

Early life

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

Mayor of Toulouse

In the 2008 French municipal elections, he 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.