Patrick Kanner

Patrick Kanner
Senator for Nord
Assumed office
1 October 2017
President of the Socialist group
in the Senate
Assumed office
23 January 2018
Preceded byDidier Guillaume
Minister of the City, Youth and Sports
In office
26 August 2014 – 10 May 2017
Prime MinisterManuel Valls
Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded byNajat Vallaud-Belkacem
Succeeded byLaura Flessel
President of the General Council of Nord
In office
31 March 2011 – 22 September 2014
Preceded byBernard Derosier
Succeeded byDidier Manier
Personal details
Born (1957-04-29) 29 April 1957 (age 67)
Lille, France
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materLille 2 University of Health and Law

Patrick Kanner (French pronunciation: [patʁik ka.ne]; born 29 April 1957) is a French politician serving as president of the Socialist group and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate since 2018. A member of the Socialist Party, he has represented the department of Nord since 2017.[1][2] Kanner previously served as President of the General Council of Nord from 2011 to 2014 and Minister of the City, Youth and Sports from 2014 to 2017.

  1. ^ "Patrick Kanner". Government of France. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ^ D. Bell; B. Criddle (18 November 2014). Exceptional Socialists: The Case of the French Socialist Party. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-137-31868-8.

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