Catherine Pgard, former president of the Palace of Versailles and near Emmanuel Macron, replaces Rachida Dati on the ministry of tradition | EUROtoday

Catherine Pgard will go away her spartan workplace as cultural advisor, nestled on the primary ground of the west wing of the Elysée, to take the reins of the Ministry of Culture, the Elysée introduced on Thursday, February 26, in a press launch. At 71, the previous political journalist, who labored in Nicolas Sarkozy’s workplace between 2007 and 2011, then on the head of the Palace of Versailles for twelve and a half years, turns into the third tenant of Rue de Valois since Emmanuel Macron’s second five-year time period. One 12 months earlier than the presidential election, she’s going to undoubtedly be the final to occupy this place.

Three different new ministers be a part of the federal government. Former Macronist minister Sabrina Roubache returns as delegate minister answerable for vocational schooling and coaching and apprenticeship. Government spokesperson Maud Bregeon turns into deputy minister answerable for power. Macronist group MP Camille Galliard-Minier turns into Minister Delegate answerable for autonomy and disabled individuals, changing Charlotte Parmentier-Lecocq.

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