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Three Muslims in new French cabinet
Tuesday May 22, 2012 08:34:48 PM,
IINA
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Paris: France’s
first left-wing President in nearly 20 years, Francois Hollande
has unveiled a government that includes three Muslim ministers.
Of the 34 ministers in Hollande’s government, three are Muslims.
They include Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Yamina Benguigui and Kader
Arif.
Morocco born Belkacem, 34, has been appointed as the minister for
women’s rights, a position long missing from the French
government.
The former presidential campaign spokesperson is also the
government spokeswoman now.
The second Muslim Minister, Yamina Benguigui, Junior Minister for
French Nationals Abroad is a French-Algerian film director. She is
known for her films on gender issues in the North African
immigrant community in France
The third Muslim minister is Kader Arif, the Junior Minister for
Veterans who has been vocal in blaming Israel for French foreign
affairs problems, saying Sarkozy’s Mediterranean Union was blocked
by Israeli actions in Gaza.
Hollande has appointed Jean-Marc Ayrault, a veteran social
democrat and German expert, as his prime minister.
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