Rachida Dati

Rachida Dati (French pronunciation: ​[ʁaʃida dati]; born 27 November 1965) is a French politician and former judge. She has been the Minister of Culture since 2024. Dati was Minister of Justice from 2007 to 2009 under President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Rachida Dati
Dati in 2016
Minister of Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 January 2024
Prime Minister	Gabriel Attal
Preceded by	Rima Abdul Malak
Member of the European Parliament
In office 14 July 2009 – 1 July 2019
Constituency	Île-de-France
Minister of Justice
In office 18 May 2007 – 23 June 2009
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Pascal Clément
Succeeded by	Michèle Alliot-Marie
Mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 March 2008
Preceded by	Michel Dumont
Councillor of Paris
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2008
Constituency	7th arrondissement
Personal details
Born	(1965-11-27) 27 November 1965 (age 60) Saint-Rémy, France
Citizenship	France Morocco [1]
Political party	The Republicans (2015–2024)
Other political affiliations	Union for a Popular Movement (2006–2015)
Spouse(s)	unknown ​ ​ (m. 1992; ann. 1995)​
Children	1
Education	University of Burgundy (MAEs) Panthéon-Assas University (LLB)
Occupation	Magistrate

She was a member of The Republicans (LR) until 2024. She was also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2019, representing Île-de-France.^[2]

She unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Paris against the incumbent Anne Hidalgo in 2020.