France gets ‘complete unknown’ as culture minister

France gets ‘complete unknown’ as culture minister

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norman lebrecht

February 11, 2016

‘She doesn’t even have a wiki page,’ wailed Paris hacks when President Hollande today named Audrey Azoulay as the new minister of culture, replacing Fleur Pellerin.

Azoulay, 43, is a backroom Elysee official, daughter of a close advisor to the King of Morocco.

She has a degree in business studies from the University of Lancaster. No track record in the politics of French culture. Could be really interesting.

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