Rachida Dati
| Rachida Dati | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office July 2009 |
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| Constituency | Île-de-France |
| Mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris | |
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Assumed office 29 March 2008 |
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| Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | |
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In office 18 May 2007 – 23 June 2009 |
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| President | Nicolas Sarkozy |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Pascal Clément |
| Succeeded by | Michèle Alliot-Marie |
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| Born |
27 November 1965 Saint-Rémy, Burgundy, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | UMP |
| Children | Zohra (b. 2009) |
| Alma mater |
University of Burgundy Panthéon-Assas University |
Rachida Dati (French pronunciation: [ʁaʃida daˈti]; 27 November 1965) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament, representing Île-de-France. Prior to her election, she held the cabinet post of Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice. She was a spokesperson for Nicolas Sarkozy during the French presidential election of 2007. After his victory, Sarkozy appointed her to his Government on 18 May 2007. She was elected mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris on 29 March 2008.
Rachida Dati was born on 27 November 1965 in Saint-Rémy, Saône-et-Loire, to a Moroccan father, a bricklayer named Mbarek, and an Algerian mother, named Fatima-Zohra. She is the second child of twelve children in an impoverished family, and she spent her childhood in Chalon-sur-Saône in Burgundy.
Even though Dati was raised in a devout Muslim environment, she attended Roman Catholic schools. She studied at the University of Burgundy, where she received a master's degree in Economics, and at Panthéon-Assas University, where she received a Law degree.
At the age of sixteen, she started working as a paramedical assistant. She then worked for three years as an accountant at Elf Aquitaine while at university.
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