Rima Abdul Malak (born 11 February 1979) is a French- Lebanese politician who has been serving as

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in the

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since May 2022.

Early life

Abdul Malak was born into a

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family. She fled with her family during the

Lebanese Civil War The Lebanese Civil War ( ar, الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية, translit=Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 120,000 fatalities a ...

Political career

From 2012 to 2014, Abdul Malak worked as advisor on cultural affairs to

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. From 2014 to 2018, Abdul Malak served as

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at the Consulate General of France, New York City. From 2019 to 2022, Abdul Malak served as advisor on cultural affairs and communications to

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. Abdul Malak was appointed to the

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as a Minister of Culture in May 2022. On May 20, 2022, she was appointed Minister of Culture in the Élisabeth Borne government. She appoints Emmanuel Marcovitch as chief of staff. 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″.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdul Malak, Rima 1979 births Living people People from Beirut Lebanese Christians Women government ministers of France French Ministers of Culture 21st-century French politicians 21st-century French women politicians Pantheon-Sorbonne University alumni French people of Lebanese descent People of the Lebanese Civil War Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Members of the Borne government