Catherine Tasca

Catherine Tasca
French Minister of Culture
In office
2000–2002
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterLionel Jospin
Preceded byCatherine Trautmann
Succeeded byJean-Jacques Aillagon
Senator for Yvelines
In office
26 September 2004 – 1 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1941-12-13) 13 December 1941 (age 82)
Lyon, France
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materSciences Po, ÉNA

Catherine Tasca (French pronunciation: [katʁin taska]; born 13 December 1941 in Lyon) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as a member of the Senate of France, representing the Yvelines department from 2004 to 2017, including as the Senate's vice-president. From 2000 to 2002 she was Minister of Culture in France.