Audrey Azoulay | |
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French Minister of Culture | |
Assumed office 11 February 2016 |
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President | François Hollande |
Prime Minister |
Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
Preceded by | Fleur Pellerin |
Personal details | |
Born |
Paris, France |
4 August 1972
Nationality | French |
Political party | Socialist Party |
Alma mater |
Paris Dauphine University Sciences Po, ÉNA |
Audrey Azoulay (born 4 August 1972 in Paris) is a French politician who is the current Minister of Culture. She has been the successor of Fleur Pellerin since the 11 February 2016.
Audrey Azoulay was born in Paris to a Moroccan Jewish family from Essaouira. She is the daughter of André Azoulay, current adviser to king Mohammed VI of Morocco . Azoulay has stated that she "[grew] up in a very left-wing environment" "politicized on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict"
Azoulay gianed a master's degree in management sciences from Paris Dauphine University in 1994 and a master's degree in business administration from Lancaster University. She also studied at Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration (ENA).