David Assouline (born 16 June 1959) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a member of the Senate of France since 2004, representing the city of Paris. He is simultaneously a councillor for the 20th arrondissement of Paris.
Political career
In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Assouline endorsed Martine Aubry as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election.
Other activities
Assouline is a board member of the France 2 television network and a member of the Digital Dividend Commission (Commission du dividende numérique), which recommended reallocation of frequencies made available by the ending of analogue broadcasting. Previously he has served as a member of the French Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and as a member of the Women's Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Délégation aux droits des femmes et à l'égalité des chances entre les hommes et les femmes).
Works (with Mehdi Lallaoui) Assouline is a historian who has written a 3-volume survey of France's relationship with its immigrants. However, he is best known for his work on the harsh repression of Algerians living in France during the Algerian War. Un siècle d’immigration, Au Nom de la Mémoire (ANM) 1996, Vol. 1: Un siècle d'immigrations en France (1851–1918), 144 pp., 1996, Vol. 2: Un siècle d'immigrations en France (1919–1945), 144 pp., 1997, Vol. 3: Un siècle d'immigrations en France (de 1945 à nos jours), 144 pp., 2001: A propos d’octobre 1961, Au Nom de la Mémoire
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External links
Blog
David Assouline (Sénat) Page on the Senate website