French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a seasoned diplomat, Catherine Colonna, France's ambassador to London, as the new foreign minister for the government under Elisabeth Bourne.
Colonna,[/B] who was minister under the presidency of Jacques Chirac, succeeds Jean-Yves Le Drian.
In addition, the French president appointed Sebastian Le Cornyn to the Ministry of Defence. Lecorny, who succeeds Florence Parly, is considered a staunch supporter of the French president.
Bruno Lemaire[/B]
Brüno Lemaire remains in the ministry of economy.[/B]
For the first time in the history of France, a Greek woman has been appointed to a government post. It is Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, a gynecologist from Corinth, who is currently a member of the European Parliament for Macron's party, and who has been appointed Minister for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
In addition, the presidency also announced the appointments of the historian, minority expert, Pap Diaye, to head the Ministry of National Education and the French-Lebanese, Rima Abdul Malak, to the Ministry of Culture.
The new Prime Minister, Elisabeth Bourne, previously "crossed over" from the Ministries of Ecology and Transport. She was in the government of Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, is credited with successes and is said to have an understanding of many issues.
She is the first woman to be appointed prime minister since Edith Creston briefly held the post during the presidency of Socialist leader François Mitterrand in the early 1990s.
Source: Proto Thema
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