Aurélie Filippetti is a French politician and novelist of Italian descent. Her family originates from Gualdo, Umbria

Gualdo Tadino

Gualdo Tadino, an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in northeastern Umbria, on the lower flanks of Mt. Penna, a mountain of the Apennines. It is 47 km NE of Perugia and 30 km SE of Gubbio....

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Her first novel Les derniers jours de la classe Ouvrière (The Lasts Days of the Working Class), published by Stock

Stock (publishing house)

Stock is a French publisher, a subsidiary of Hachette Livre, which itself is part of the Lagardère Group.It was founded in the 18th century by André Cailleau, who was succeeded in 1753 by Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne, who published Voltaire and Rousseau. At the beginning of the 19th century, the...

 in 2003, has been translated into several languages. In 2003, Filippetti wrote the script for the theatre production Fragments d'humanité. She was a delegate of the French Greens

The Greens (France)

The Greens were a Green political party to the centre-left of the political spectrum in France. They had officially been in existence since 1984, but their spiritual roots could be traced as far back as René Dumont’s candidacy for the presidency in 1974...

 for the Paris

Paris

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 municipality and acted as the technical adviser for the Minister of the Environment

Minister of the Environment (France)

The Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing is an agency of the government of France, centred around a cabinet member who is often referred to as the "Minister of Ecology". This position is occupied by Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet...

, Yves Cochet

Yves Cochet

Yves Cochet is a French politician, member of The Greens. He was minister in the government of Lionel Jospin.He wrote Apocalypse pétrole which was published in 2005.-External links:*...

, from 2001 to 2002.

In 2008, Filippetti was groped by the alleged rapist Dominique Strauss-Kahn and stated she would “forever make sure” she was never “alone in a room with him.”

Currently she is member of the National Assembly of France, representing the Moselle

Moselle

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 département, and is a member of the Socialist Party

Socialist Party (France)

The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...

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She is an alumnus of the elitist École normale supérieure de Fontenay–Saint-Cloud, she received an agrégation in Classic Literature.