Ramatoulaye Yade-Zimet aka Rama YadeRama Yade is currently the Junior Minister for European Affairs and Human Rights in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in France as of 2007.
Rama Yade was born on December 13, 1976 in Dakar, Senegal. Her mother was a professor of history and her father, also a professor, was the personal secretary of former President of Senegal Léopold Sédar Senghor. Yade moved to France in 1987 with her parents. She first grew up as a child of an affluent diplomat in a pleasant residential district, but later moved in with her mother when her parents separated. A Muslim by faith, Yade was educated at Catholic schools. She attended the Immaculate Conception Convent School and then went on to study political sciences at Institut d'études politiques, graduating in 2000.
Yade then worked at the Paris Town Hall and the French National Assembly before becoming an administrator at the French Senate in 2002-2007. Her roles at the French Senate included being Director of Communication of the parliamentary television channel Public Sénat and administrator at the Senate's local authorities department.
Yade joined the UMP political party in 2005 and became their national secretary in charge of Francophone affairs in 2006. She credits Nicolas Sarkozy's charisma with making her want to join the UMP, rather than the party's rightist values. In June 2007, Rama Yade was one of three women of African descent appointed to Sarkozy's cabinet. The others are Fadela Amara and Rachida Dati.
Rama Yade has also written a book, Noirs de France, published by Editions Calmann-Lévy in 2007. Yade is married to Joseph Zimet, an adviser to Secretary of State Jean-Marie Bockel and son of the famous Yiddish singer Ben Zimet.
Rama Yade was born on December 13, 1976 in Dakar, Senegal. Her mother was a professor of history and her father, also a professor, was the personal secretary of former President of Senegal Léopold Sédar Senghor. Yade moved to France in 1987 with her parents. She first grew up as a child of an affluent diplomat in a pleasant residential district, but later moved in with her mother when her parents separated. A Muslim by faith, Yade was educated at Catholic schools. She attended the Immaculate Conception Convent School and then went on to study political sciences at Institut d'études politiques, graduating in 2000.
RAMA YADE IN SENEGAL
Yade then worked at the Paris Town Hall and the French National Assembly before becoming an administrator at the French Senate in 2002-2007. Her roles at the French Senate included being Director of Communication of the parliamentary television channel Public Sénat and administrator at the Senate's local authorities department.
Yade joined the UMP political party in 2005 and became their national secretary in charge of Francophone affairs in 2006. She credits Nicolas Sarkozy's charisma with making her want to join the UMP, rather than the party's rightist values. In June 2007, Rama Yade was one of three women of African descent appointed to Sarkozy's cabinet. The others are Fadela Amara and Rachida Dati.
RAMA YADE AT WORK
Rama Yade has also written a book, Noirs de France, published by Editions Calmann-Lévy in 2007. Yade is married to Joseph Zimet, an adviser to Secretary of State Jean-Marie Bockel and son of the famous Yiddish singer Ben Zimet.
"There is no denying that Rama Yade is a beautiful symbol and a powerful promise. She carries the hope that France will finally acknowledge cultural harmony as the defining issue of its future, leaving aside the national obsession with generational conflict inherited from May 1968."
Source:Artgoldhammer
Source:Artgoldhammer
RAMA VIDEOS
RAMA YADE chanson
Rama Yade dans l'équipe de Nicolas Sarkozy
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