François Rebsamen

François Rebsamen ( born June 25, 1951 in Dijon ) is a French politician.

Life

Rebsamen studied law and economics and made the Master in Law and Economics ( DESS) and a degree in political science. He is a member of the Socialist Party and mayor of Dijon since 2001, and member of the French Senate for Côte- d'Or. As a close collaborator of François Hollande Rebsamen was from 1997 to 2008 as the number 2 of the Socialist Party. He is married and has one child.

Since October 2011, he is elected to the Senate as the successor of President Jean -Pierre Bel, President of the Socialist Group in the Senate.