Yves Cochet

Yves Cochet
Yves Cochet in 2007.
Member of the European Parliament for France
In office 25 July 1989 – 31 December 1991
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 December 2011
Minister of Environment and Regional Planning
In office 10 July 2001 – 5 May 2002
Prime Minister	Lionel Jospin
Preceded by	Dominique Voynet
Succeeded by	Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin
Member of the French National Assembly for Val d'Oise
In office 1 June 1997 – 10 August 2001
Member of the French National Assembly for Paris (11th constituency)
In office 19 June 2002 – 6 December 2011
Preceded by	Nicole Catala
Personal details
Born	(1946-02-15) 15 February 1946 Rennes, France
Political party	Europe Écologie–The Greens
Profession	Computer scientist
Website	yvescochet.net

Yves Cochet (born 15 february 1946) is a French politician, member of Europe Écologie–The Greens. He was minister in the government of Lionel Jospin. On 6 December 2011, he was elected member of the European Parliament (MEP).

He studied Mathematics and became researcher-lecturer at Institut National des Sciences appliquées -Rennes in 1969. In June 1971, teaming with Maurice Nivat, he obtained a PhD for his research on « Sur l’algébricité des classes de certaines congruences définies sur le monoïde libre ».

Publications

• Yves Cochet et Maurice Nivat, « Une généralisation des ensembles de Dyck », Israel Journal of Mathematics, vol. 9, No. 3, septembre 1971, p. 389–395 ISSN 0021-2172.
• Sauver la Terre (avec Agnès Sinaï), éd. Fayard, Paris, 2003 ISBN 2-213-61701-5.
• Pétrole apocalypse, éd. Fayard, Paris, 2005 ISBN 2-213-62204-3.
• Antimanuel d'écologie, éd. Bréal, Rosny-sous-Bois, 2009 ISBN 978-2-7495-0845-0.

External links

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