Catherine Tasca
Encyclopedia
Catherine Tasca is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Yvelines
department. She is a member of the Socialist Party
; she currently serves as the Senate's vice-president. From 2000 to 2002 she was Minister of Culture
in France
. She is the daughter of Angelo Tasca a former italian communist who supported the Vichy regime.
Yvelines
Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.-History:Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a décret d'application from 26 February 1965.It gained the...
department. She 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...
; she currently serves as the Senate's vice-president. From 2000 to 2002 she was Minister of Culture
Minister of Culture (France)
The Minister of Culture is, in the Government of France, the cabinet member in charge of national museums and monuments; promoting and protecting the arts in France and abroad; and managing the national archives and regional "maisons de culture"...
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. She is the daughter of Angelo Tasca a former italian communist who supported the Vichy regime.