Ian Brossat | |
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_(cropped).jpg.webp) Ian Brossat in 2017 | |
| Member of the Council of Paris | |
| Assumed office 16 March 2008 | |
| Mayor | Bertrand Delanoë Anne Hidalgo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 April 1980 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France |
| Political party | French Communist Party |
| Spouse |
Brice (m. 2013) |
| Education | Lycée Henri-IV |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure de Lyon |
| Website | http://ianbrossat.typepad.fr/ |
Ian Brossat (French pronunciation: [jan bʁɔsa]; born 23 April 1980) is a French politician. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Paris Council, representing the 18th arrondissement, elected as a Communist.[1] He stood for election to the National Assembly in 2012, losing to Daniel Vaillant.[2]
Ian Brossat is the son of Alain Brossat, a philosopher and professor at University of Paris VIII, and Swedish-born Sylvia Klingberg. Brossat's grandfather Marcus Klingberg was a Polish-born Israeli epidemiologist, veteran of the Red Army and Soviet spy.[3] His maternal grandmother, Adjia Eisman (also known as Wanda Yashinskaya), was a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto.[4] Ian Brossat is gay; he married his husband Brice in 2013.[5][6]
Brossat graduated from the École normale supérieure de Lyon.
References
- ↑ "Ces jeunes politiques qui jouent déjà un rôle capital à Paris". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 24 February 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012 / Législatives / Les résultats / Elections - Ministère de l'Intérieur". interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ Marcus Klingberg, Israeli Who Spied for Soviets, Dies, 1 December 2015
- ↑ "Marcus Klingberg". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ "Ian Brossat the leader of the French Communist Party is photographed..." Getty Images. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ↑ "Ian Brossat : « J'ai pas choisi d'être gay, ni juif, j'ai juste choisi d'être communiste »". L'Obs (in French). 14 July 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2022.