Rachida Dati

Rachida Dati
Rachida Dati in 2024
Minister of Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 January 2024
Prime Minister	Gabriel Attal
Preceded by	Rima Abdul Malak
Member of the European Parliament
In office 14 July 2009 – 1 July 2019
Constituency	Île-de-France
Minister of Justice
In office 18 May 2007 – 23 June 2009
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Pascal Clément
Succeeded by	Michèle Alliot-Marie
Mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 March 2008
Preceded by	Michel Dumont
Councillor of Paris
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2008
Constituency	7th arrondissement
Personal details
Born	(1965-11-27) 27 November 1965 (age 58) Saint-Rémy, France
Political party	Independent (2024–present)
Other political affiliations	Union for a Popular Movement (2006–2015) The Republicans (2015–2024)
Spouse	unknown ​ ​ (m. 1992; ann. 1995)​
Children	1
Education	University of Burgundy (MAEs) Panthéon-Assas University (LLB)
Occupation	Magistrate

Rachida Dati (French pronunciation: [ʁaʃida dati]; born 27 November 1965) is a French politician and former magistrate who has been serving as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal since 2024.

Dati previously served as Minister of Justice from 2007 to 2009 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. A member of The Republicans (LR), she also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2019, representing Île-de-France. Dati was a spokesperson for Sarkozy during his 2007 presidential campaign. Following his victory, Sarkozy appointed her to the Government.

She was elected to the mayorship of the 7th arrondissement of Paris in 2008, when she also entered the Council of Paris. In the 2020 Paris municipal election, she unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Paris against incumbent Anne Hidalgo. Following the election, she was installed as opposition leader in the Council of Paris.