Esther Benbassa

Esther Benbassa
Benbassa in 2020
Senator from Paris
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2017
Senator from Val-de-Marne
In office 1 October 2011 – 30 September 2017
Personal details
Born	(1950-03-27) 27 March 1950 (age 74) Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	French
Political party	Independent Europe Ecology - The Greens (until 2021)
Alma mater	Tel Aviv University (B.A) University Paris-VIII (PhD) University Paris-III (PhD) INALCO
Profession	Historian

Esther Benbassa (born 27 March 1950) is a French-Turkish-Israeli historian and politician. She specializes in the history of Jews and other minorities. Since 2011, Benbassa has served as a French senator, representing Paris from 2017 onwards and Val-de-Marne from 2011 to 2017.

Benbassa is an independent. She was previously a member of Europe Ecology – The Greens, but was expelled from its parliamentary group in September 2021 following allegations of psychological workplace bullying by her former parliamentary assistants. This prompted her to leave the party altogether shortly after.