Audrey Azoulay

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Audrey Azoulay (2016)

Audrey Azoulay (born August 4, 1972 in Paris ) is a French civil servant and politician. From February 2016 to May 2017 she was Minister for Culture and Communication . On October 13, 2017 she was elected Director General of UNESCO .

Life

Audrey Azoulay was born into a family of Jewish - Moroccan origin. She is the daughter of André Azoulay , an advisor to the Moroccan royal family, and Katia Brami, a writer . She grew up in Paris in an environment that she describes as "very left".

Azoulay holds Masters degrees in Business Administration from Paris Dauphine and Lancaster Universities . She then studied at Science Po Paris and ENA .

Azoulay worked at a bank during her studies; she says that she hated this job. After graduating from ENA, she worked in the audiovisual media department of the General Directorate for Media in the French Ministry of Culture. In 2003 she moved to the French Court of Auditors. From 2006 she worked for the Center national du cinéma et de l'image animée . From there she was appointed to the Elysée Palace in 2014.

Azoulay is married and has two children.

politics

Azoulay was already politically involved in her school days. She positions herself on the political left and is close to the Parti socialiste , but is not a member of the party. In autumn 2016, Azoulay made a passionate plea for a diverse and at the same time united Europe in an editorial for the magazine of the German Cultural Council Politics & Culture .

In 2014, Azoulay was appointed by President François Hollande as his advisor for culture and communication. After the dismissal of the previous Minister of Culture, Fleur Pellerin , she was appointed Minister for Culture and Communication in the Valls II cabinet during the cabinet reshuffle on February 11, 2016 . She also kept this position in the Cazeneuve cabinet .

Azoulay withdrew an application for a candidacy in Paris in the 2017 parliamentary elections after the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo , among others, opposed it.

In March 2017, the French government nominated Azoulay as France's candidate for the post of the next UNESCO Director General. On October 13, 2017, she was elected by the organization's executive council in a runoff election against the Qatari candidate Hamad bin Abdulasis al-Kawari with 30 to 28 votes. On November 10, 2017, the General Conference of UNESCO Members confirmed the election, the confirmation was considered a matter of form. On November 15, she succeeded Irina Bokowa .

Web links

Commons : Audrey Azoulay  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Cécile Amar: Audrey Azoulay: "A l'ENA, j'ai découvert l'antisémitisme vieille France". In: Le Journal du Dimanche. February 14, 2016, accessed December 23, 2016 (French).
  2. ↑ a b Biography d'Audrey Azoulay. In: Le Figaro Scope. Retrieved December 23, 2016 (French).
  3. ↑ a b Mariana GREPINET: Audrey Azoulay, le coup de théâtre du président. In: Paris Match. February 18, 2016, accessed December 23, 2016 (French).
  4. ↑ Annette Therese Jäger: United in Diversity - For an open and generous Europe. In: GEMA. September 13, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2017 .
  5. ^ Jürgen König: New Minister of Education in France. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur. February 12, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Stéphane Grand: 2017: La ministre de la Culture, Audrey Azoulay, renonce aux législatives. In: L'Opinion. November 14, 2016, accessed December 23, 2016 (French).
  7. ↑ SRF4 News, sda / like; muei: SRF News: UN organization elects - Audrey Azoulay is the new Unesco Director General . In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) . ( srf.ch [accessed on November 10, 2017]).
  8. ↑ Audrey Azoulay elected as the new General Manager. Die Zeit, October 13, 2017, accessed on October 13, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Azoulay, Audrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French civil servant and former minister of culture
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France