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.

David Assouline
David Assouline in 2013
Member of the French Senate for Paris
Assumed office
26 September 2004
Personal details
Born (1959-06-16) 16 June 1959 (age 65)
Sefrou, Morocco
NationalityFrench and Moroccan
Political partySocialist Party

Political career

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In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Assouline endorsed Martine Aubry as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election.[1]

Other activities

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Assouline is a board member of the France 2 television network and a member of the Digital Dividend Commission (Commission du dividende numérique),[2] 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)

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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., ISBN 978-2-84146-320-6
  • 1996, Vol. 2: Un siècle d'immigrations en France (1919–1945), 144 pp., ISBN 978-2-910780-01-2
  • 1997, Vol. 3: Un siècle d'immigrations en France (de 1945 à nos jours), 144 pp., ISBN 978-2-84146-472-2
  • 2001: A propos d’octobre 1961, Au Nom de la Mémoire

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