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Jean-Pierre Cot | |
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Member of the European Parliament for France | |
In office 1984 –20 July 1999 | |
In office 1978–1979 | |
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Born | Chêne-Bougeries,Geneva,Switzerland | 23 October 1937
Political party | Socialist Party |
Parent | Pierre Cot |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Jean-Pierre Cot (born 23 October 1937) is a French politician and jurist who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1978 to 1979 and from 1984 to 1999. Since 2002,he has been a judge for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
He is the son of Pierre Cot,also a politician and minister.
After studying law at Sorbonne University in Paris from 1955 to 1965,he earned a Ph.D. in 1966. He then was professor of public law and international law at the University of Amiens,then the University of Paris I,before being elected as a deputy for Savoie in 1973. He was later re-elected,before joining the Socialist government of Pierre Mauroy in 1981 as deputy minister in charge of Co-operation and Development.
He was a Member of European Parliament (MEP) in 1978–1979 and 1984–1999,and chaired the socialist group of the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994,before becoming its vice-president in 1997.
Since 2002,he has been a member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
In 2017,he was made an officer of the Legion of Honour. [1]