Aurélie Filippetti

Aurélie Filippetti ( born June 17, 1973 in Villerupt, department Meurthe -et -Moselle, Lorraine) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) and writer. Since 17 May 2012, she is Minister of Culture in the cabinet of Jean -Marc Ayrault.

Education and work

Aurélie Filippetti is a former pupil of the elite high school for teachers École Normale Supérieure Lettres et sciences humaines in Saint-Cloud and daughter of the miner Angelo Filippetti (1938-1992), member of the French Communist Party and from 1983 to 1992 mayor of Audun -le- Tiche (Moselle ) and General Council ( conseiller général ) of the Moselle department ( 1979-1983 ) was. Their ancestors are Italian immigrants.

In her debut novel, The Last Days of the working class ( 2003), she tells how her grandfather, a member of the Resistance movement Resistance, was arrested by the Gestapo in the mine and spent his six brothers in a concentration camp. She has dealt with the social question of the closure of the mines in the Lorraine region.

Party

As a representative of the Green Party ( Les Verts ), it was founded in 2001 councilor of the fifth arrondissement of Paris. In the first round she received 13.75% of the vote. In 2002, she scored in the parliamentary elections in the second electoral district of Paris, 6.6% of the vote.

When she was not placed in the candidate lists for the electoral district of Longwy, she left the party in late October 2006, stated " the seizure of power by a apparatchiks quarter " and clarified: " As workers child, I note that the internal blockade structures and culture of Small Groups have prevented an increase in the voter base on the social and non- communitarian values ​​of the Green Party. "

In November 2006, she supported the team of socialist presidential candidate Ségolène Royal as a consultant for the environment, culture, education and social issues. In March 2009, Aurélie Filippetti announced that she would run for the PS ( list Grand Est) for the European elections in June 2009. But she was not elected to the European Parliament.

Member of Parliament

In May 2007, she ran first for the seventh constituency in Meurthe -et -Moselle ( Longwy ), but moved into the eighth constituency of the department of Moselle ( Rombas Bouzonville ) against the UMP candidate Alain Missoffe after the original candidate of the Socialists, Jean Aubron -Marie, had withdrawn his candidacy. She was elected on 17 June 2007, 50.96 % of the vote. In 2012 she was re-elected, this time for the first constituency of the department of Moselle. Its mandate has been dormant since its entry into the government in May 2012.

She is a founding member of the Association for a new constitution Convention pour la République sixième on the side of Arnaud Montebourg. 2005-2012 she was Chair of the International Documentary Festival of Marseille.

Minister

Filippetti supported in the primaries of the French Socialists for the French 2012 presidential election Francois Hollande. After his presidential nomination she became a member of his campaign team and was responsible for culture.

After the election victory of François Hollande Filippetti was appointed as Minister of Culture and Communication in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jean -Marc Ayrault.

Honors and Awards

• 2012: Commander ( Commendatore ) of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ex officio.

Publications

• 2003 - Les Derniers Jours de la Classe ouvrière, floor, ISBN 2-253-10859-6.
• 2006 - Un homme dans la poche, floor.