Rima Abdul Malak

Rima Abdul Malak (born 11 February 1979) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since May 2022.

Rima Abdul Malak
Minister of Culture
Assumed office
20 May 2022
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Preceded byRoselyne Bachelot
Personal details
Born (1979-02-11) 11 February 1979
Beirut, Lebanon
Alma materParis 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University

Early life

Abdul Malak was born into a Lebanese Christian family on 11 February 1979 in Beirut. She fled with her family during the Lebanese Civil War.[1]

Political career

From 2012 to 2014, Abdul Malak worked as advisor on cultural affairs to Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoë.[2]

From 2014 to 2018, Abdul Malak served as cultural attaché at the Consulate General of France, New York City.[3]

From 2019 to 2022, Abdul Malak served as advisor on cultural affairs and communications to President Emmanuel Macron.[4]

Abdul Malak was appointed to the French government as a Minister of Culture in May 2022.[5]

On May 20, 2022, she was appointed Minister of Culture in the Élisabeth Borne government.[6][7] She appoints Emmanuel Marcovitch as chief of staff.[8] It undertakes to defend "cultural sovereignty, to invest in artistic education and to take up the challenge of the ecological transition in the artistic milieu" and to collaborate with the Minister of National Education, Pap Ndiaye, with a view to appeasement of memories by quoting the words of Emmanuel Macron ″It is neither a policy of repentance nor a policy of denial, it is a policy of recognition″.[9]

References
  1. "France : Rima Abdul Malak, une franco-libanaise à la tête du ministère de la Culture". Espace Manager (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. Claire Bommelaer (20 May 2022), Rima Abdul Malak, une «bosseuse» nommée à la Culture Le Figaro.
  3. Barbara Goldberg (6 April 2017), Century-old posters of U.S. WWI entry are timely in Trump's America Reuters.
  4. Claire Bommelaer (20 May 2022), Rima Abdul Malak, une «bosseuse» nommée à la Culture Le Figaro.
  5. S, Par; à 16h34, rine Bajos Le 20 mai 2022; À 17h17, Modifié Le 20 Mai 2022 (20 May 2022). "Gouvernement : Rima Abdul-Malak, la nouvelle ministre de la Culture". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  6. S, Par; à 16h34, rine Bajos Le 20 mai 2022; À 17h17, Modifié Le 20 Mai 2022 (20 May 2022). "Gouvernement : Rima Abdul-Malak, la nouvelle ministre de la Culture". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  7. "Rima Abdul Malak, une «bosseuse» nommée à la Culture". LEFIGARO. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  8. "Culture : Emmanuel Marcovitch, directeur de cabinet de Rima Abdul-Malak". ActuaLitté.com. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  9. "La ministre de la Culture Rima Abdul-Malak entend défendre la "souveraineté culturelle" de la France". Franceinfo. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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