Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (French pronunciation: [naʒat valo bɛlkasɛm]; Arabic: نجاة فالو بلقاسم; Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⵊⴰⵜ ⴱⵍⵇⴰⵙⵎ; born 4 October 1977) is a Moroccan-born French former politician and jurist. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), she served in a number of ministerial positions during the presidency of François Hollande. Vallaud-Belkacem was the first woman to serve as Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research, holding the position from 2014 to 2017 under Prime Ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve.[2]
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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem | |
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Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research | |
In office 27 August 2014 – 10 May 2017 | |
President | François Hollande |
Prime Minister | Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
Preceded by | Benoît Hamon |
Succeeded by | Jean-Michel Blanquer (National Education) Frédérique Vidal (Higher Education and Research) |
Minister of Women's Rights, Minister of City Affairs, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports | |
In office 2 April 2014 – 25 August 2014 | |
President | François Hollande |
Prime Minister | Manuel Valls |
Preceded by | herself (Women's Rights) François Lamy (City Affairs) Valérie Fourneyron (Sports) |
Succeeded by | Marisol Touraine (Women's Rights) Patrick Kanner (City, Youth affairs and Sports) |
Minister of Women's Rights | |
In office 16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014 | |
President | François Hollande |
Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
Preceded by | Catherine Vautrin |
Government's spokesperson | |
In office 16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014 | |
President | François Hollande |
Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
Preceded by | Valérie Pécresse |
Succeeded by | Stéphane Le Foll |
Conseillère générale of the Rhône department | |
Assumed office 16 March 2008 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Najat Belkacem (1977-10-04) 4 October 1977 (age 46)[1] Rif, Bni Chiker, Nador, Morocco |
Nationality | Moroccan French |
Political party | Socialist Party |
Spouse | |
Children | Louis-Adel Vallaud Nour-Chloé Vallaud |
Alma mater | Sciences Po |
In 2014, opinion polling found Vallaud-Belkacem to be among the most popular politicians in the country.[3] Since 2020, she has been the director of the One Campaign in France.[4]