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Also known as Marc Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit

German/French journalist and politician

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Daniel Cohn-Bendit is a German and French politician, journalist, television presenter, and teacher. Born on April 4, 1945, in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France, he holds dual citizenship in Germany and France. He served as a Member of the European Parliament, working in Strasbourg and Brussels. Cohn-Bendit is a member of the political party Alliance '90/The Greens, as well as the European Council on Foreign Relations and the Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund. He participated in the May 68 events and was educated at Paris Nanterre University.

His professional career includes employment with Europe 1, 3sat, and Schweizer Fernsehen. Cohn-Bendit speaks French and German, with Spanish as his native language. He has authored works including *Apo tēn oikologia stēn autonomia*, *Pour supprimer les partis politiques*, *Helden Haft*, *Der grosse Basar*, and *Mai 68*. He is the sibling of Gabriel Cohn-Bendit.

Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
35

Top works

  • Apo tēn oikologia stēn autonomia
  • Pour supprimer les partis politiques
  • Helden Haft
  • Der grosse Basar
  • Mai 68

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Film & TV

Acting · Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France

Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit is a French-German politician. He was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France and was also known during that time as Dany le Rouge.

Known for

  • Les Glucksmann, une histoire de famille — Self : Ancien député européen2026
  • Action directe, nos années de plomb — Self : May 68 - Demonstrator & Politician2024
  • Godard Cinema — Self2023
  • Quelle époque ! — Self - Guest2022
  • C ce soir, le débat — Self - Guest2021
  • L'affaire Matzneff — Self2020
  • Demokratie-Forum Hambacher Schloss — Self2019
  • On the Road in France — Self2018
  • Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst — Self2018
  • François Hollande, le mal-aimé — Self2017

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1945

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
31
Total plays
356

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Key facts

Preceded by
Paul Lannoye
Succeeded by
Philippe Lamberts
Born
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit , ( 1945-04-04 ) 4 April 1945 (age 81) , Montauban , Occitania , France
Citizenship
Stateless (1945–1959), German (since 1959), French (since 2015)
Party
Alliance 90/The Greens (1984–), Europe Écologie–The Greens (2010–2012)
Other political affiliations
Les Verts (1984–2010)
Relations
Gabriel Cohn-Bendit (brother)
Education
Paris-Sud University (no degree), University of Paris X: Nanterre (no degree)
Website
Official website

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Encyclopedic overview

Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit ( French: [ˌdanjˈɛl(ə) ˈmaʁk ˈkɔ̃n ˌbɛ̃nˈdi]; German: [ˈdaːni̯eːl maʁk koːn ˈbɛndɪt, -ni̯ɛl]; born 4 April 1945) is a French-German politician. Born stateless to a German-Polish Ashkenazi Jewish family, Daniel Cohn-Bendit obtained German citizenship in 1959 and French citizenship in 2015.

Cohn-Bendit was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France and was also known during that time as Dany le Rouge (French for "Danny the Red", because of both his politics and the colour of his hair). He was co-president of the group European Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament. He co-chairs the Spinelli Group, a European Parliament inter-group aiming at relaunching the federalist project in Europe. He was a recipient of the European Parliament's European Initiative Prize in 2016.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daniel Cohn-Bendit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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