Audrey Azoulay
Audrey Azoulay (French pronunciation: [o.dʁɛj a.zu.lɛ]; born 4 August 1972) is a French civil servant and politician who served as Minister of Culture from 2016 to 2017.[1][2] On 13 October 2017 she was elected UNESCO Director-General for a five-year term.
| Audrey Azoulay | |
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| Director-General of the UNESCO Elect |
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| Taking office 10 November 2017 |
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| Succeeding | Irina Bokova |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 11 February 2016 – 10 May 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Preceded by | Fleur Pellerin |
| Succeeded by | Françoise Nyssen |
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| Born | 4 August 1972 La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | Paris Dauphine University Lancaster University Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
BiographyEdit
In 2006, Azoulay joined the National Center of Cinematography and the moving image (CNC), successively holding the positions of Deputy Director for Multimedia Affairs, Chief Financial and Legal Officer and Deputy Director-General.[3][4] Azouley succeeded Fleur Pellerin as Minister of Culture on 11 February 2016. During her time in office, she increased her department’s budget by 6.6% to a total of €2.9 billion in 2017 – the largest amount of government money promised for the arts in the country’s history.[5] Under her leadership, the Ministry lent support to a women's contemporary art prize launched by AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions).[6] Internationally, she played a key role in the joint initiatives of France, the UNESCO and the United Arab Emirates to safeguard cultural heritage in conflict zones, announced in December 2016, and was a signatory to the Florence Declaration condemning the destruction of cultural sites at the first G7 culture summit in March 2017.[7] On 24th of March 2017, she presented Draft Resolution 2347 on the protection of cultural heritage in armed conflicts to the UN Security Council. This resolution, put forward by France, Italy and UNESCO, was adopted unanimously.[8][9]
In 2017, Azoulay was among nine candidates seeking to succeed Irina Bokova as Director-General of UNESCO.[10] She was selected as Director-General of UNESCO and her candidacy will be presented for approval of UNESCO’s general assembly on November 10th.[11]
She was born in Paris to a Moroccan Jewish family from Essaouira.[12] She is the daughter of André Azoulay, current adviser to king Mohammed VI of Morocco.[13][14] Azoulay has stated that she "grew up in a very left-wing environment" "politicized on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict".
Azoulay gained a master's degree in management sciences from Paris Dauphine University in 1994 and a master's degree in business administration from Lancaster University.[15][16][17] She also studied at Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration (ENA).[15]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Audrey Azoulay". gouvernement.fr.
- ^ "UN Says Attacks on Heritage Sites Could Be War Crimes". voanews. March 24, 2017.
- ^ "Audrey Azoulay nommée Directrice générale déléguée du CNC" (in French). CNC.
- ^ "Audrey Azoulay, la surprise de François Hollande Rue de Valois" (in French). Le Monde.
- ^ Victoria Stapley-Brown and Hannah McGivern (October 5, 2016), France to increase funding for museums and acquisitions in 2017 budget The Art Newspaper.
- ^ Anna Sansom (February 16, 2017), First French art prize for female artists awarded The Art Newspaper.
- ^ Emily Sharpe (May 26, 2017), Who will win race to run Unesco? The Art Newspaper.
- ^ "Security Council Condemns Destruction, Smuggling of Cultural Heritage by Terrorist Groups, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2347 (2017)". United Nations. 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Audrey Azoulay, Minister for Culture and Communication of France - Europa Newswire)". Europa Newswire. 25 March 2017.
- ^ Emmanuel Jarry and John Irish (March 25, 2017), French minister Royal to run for U.N. development agency post Reuters.
- ^ Irish, John (2017-10-13). "UNESCO selects France's Azoulay as new chief". uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
- ^ "Audrey Azoulay : "A l'ENA, j'ai découvert l'antisémitisme vieille France"" (in French). Le Journal du Dimanche. 14 February 2016.
- ^ Digiacomi, Claire (1 February 2016). "Audrey Azoulay, ministre de la Culture et "amie des artistes"". The Huffington Port (in French).
- ^ "Leïla Slimani reçoit les insignes d'Officier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres à Paris" (in French). Huffington Post. 23 March 2017.
- ^ a b Rahal, Sophie (11 February 2016). "Audrey Azoulay, nouvelle ministre de la Culture, jusqu'ici, une femme de l'ombre" (in French). felerama.
- ^ Bommelaer, Claire (11 February 2016). "Audrey Azoulay à la Culture, une ascension fulgurante" (in French). Le Figaro.
- ^ Cornu, Camille (11 February 2016). "Audrey Azoulay, nouvelle ministre de la Culture". Actualitte.