{{Short description|French politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Emmanuelle Cosse | image = Europe Ecologie closing rally regional elections 2010-03-10 n13.jpg | caption = Cosse in 2010 | office = [[Minister of Territorial Development (France)|Minister of Housing and Sustainable Habitat]] | president = [[François Hollande]] | prime_minister = [[Manuel Valls]]<br />[[Bernard Cazeneuve]] | term_start = 11 February 2016 | term_end = 10 May 2017 | predecessor = [[Sylvia Pinel]] | successor = [[Richard Ferrand]]<br />{{small|(Territorial Cohesion)}} | office2 = National Secretary of [[Europe Ecology – The Greens]] | term_start2 = 30 November 2013 | term_end2 = 11 February 2016 | predecessor2 = Pascal Durand | successor2 = David Cormand | office3 = Member of the [[Regional councils of France|Regional Council]]<br />of [[Île-de-France]] | term_start3 = 26 March 2010 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|11|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Paris, France | party = [[Europe Ecology – The Greens]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Denis Baupin]]|20 June 2015}} }}
'''Emmanuelle Cosse''' (born 15 November 1974) is a French activist with [[LGBTQ]] and feminist groups, and a politician with the [[Green politics|green]] party [[Europe Ecology – The Greens]], as well as a journalist and magazine editor.
== Biography == A member of a prominent Leftist family,<ref>[http://www.liberation.fr/portrait/0101297492-emmanuelle-cosse-25-ans-nouvelle-presidente-d-act-up-premiere-fille-hetero-et-seronegative-a-diriger-l-association-virus-militant ''Libération'' : Emmanuelle Cosse, 25 ans, nouvelle présidente d'Act Up. Première femme, hétérosexuelle et séronégative, à diriger l'association. Virus militant.]</ref> she first became an activist as a student with the {{lang|fr|Fédération indépendante et démocratique lycéenne}}.
The successor to [[Philippe Mangeot]], from 1999 to 2001, she was president of [[ACT UP-Paris]], the local chapter of international LGBT rights and [[HIV/AIDS]] [[direct action]] group [[ACT UP]].<ref>[https://www.humanite.fr/1999-10-23_Societe_Emmanuelle-Cosse-l-activisme-au-feminin ''L'Humanité'' : Emmanuelle Cosse, l'activisme au féminin]</ref> She was Co-Editor in Chief of the high-profile magazine ''{{lang|fr|[[Regards]]}}'', after having worked for several newspapers.
== Political career == She ran as a candidate with the party [[Europe Écologie]] (now [[Europe Ecology – The Greens|Europe Écologie – Les Verts]]) during the 2010 French regional elections, in [[Île-de-France]], which includes the city of [[Paris]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ile-de-france.regions-europe-ecologie.fr/5-la-campagne/676-les-candidats-europe-ecologie-presentent-leurs-voeux-a-la-presse/8905072964/ |title=Europe Ecologie : Les candidats Europe Ecologie présentent leurs voeux à la presse |access-date=24 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331041048/http://ile-de-france.regions-europe-ecologie.fr/5-la-campagne/676-les-candidats-europe-ecologie-presentent-leurs-voeux-a-la-presse/8905072964/ |archive-date=31 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is currently Vice-President of the [[Regional Council (France)|Regional Council]] of Île-de-France, administering the housing portfolio, since 26 March 2010. On 30 November 2013, she is elected National Secretary (in French ''secrétaire nationale'') of Europe Écologie – Les Verts (EELV).<ref>[http://europeangreens.eu/news/french-greens-elect-new-secretary-general-and-party-board French Greens elect new General Secretary and party board – European Green Party, 3 Dec. 2013]</ref>
On 11 February 2016, Cosse was appointed to French President [[François Hollande]]'s cabinet as [[Minister of Territorial Development (France)|Minister for Housing and Sustainable Habitat]]. She resigned from her position as National Secretary of Europe Ecology – Les Verts on the same day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cosse au Logement, les Verts à la rue|publisher= Liberation|date= 11 February 2016|url=http://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/02/11/cosse-au-logement-les-verts-a-la-rue_1432795}}</ref>
Ahead of the Socialist Party's [[2017 French Socialist Party presidential primary|2017 primaries]], Cosse publicly endorsed [[François de Rugy]] as the left-wing parties' candidate for the [[2017 French presidential election|presidential election]] later that year.<ref>Arnaud Focraud (12 December 2016) [https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/Primaire-de-la-gauche-pour-qui-votent-les-ministres-831985 Primaire de la gauche : pour qui votent les ministres?] ''[[Le Journal du Dimanche]]''.</ref>
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