Rama Yade (born Mame Ramatoulaye Yade on December 13, 1976 in Dakar, Senegal) is a French politician who has served in the government of France since 2007 and is currently the Secretary of State for Sports.
Yade's mother Aminata Kandji was a professor and her father Djibril Yade, also a professor, was the personal secretary of Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor. Yade was educated in Catholic schools and then at the Institut d'Études Polit...
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Rama Yade (born Mame Ramatoulaye Yade on December 13, 1976 in Dakar, Senegal) is a French politician who has served in the government of France since 2007 and is currently the Secretary of State for Sports.
Yade's mother Aminata Kandji was a professor and her father Djibril Yade, also a professor, was the personal secretary of Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor. Yade was educated in Catholic schools and then at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, where she graduated in 2000. Yade is married to Joseph Zimet, an adviser to Secretary of State Jean-Marie Bockel.
Yade worked at the Paris city hall and the National Assembly before becoming an administrator in the Senate in 2002. She joined the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) political party in 2005 and became National Secretary in charge of Francophonie in 2006. She credits Nicolas Sarkozy's charisma with making her want to join the UMP.
In May 2007, she was appointed as Secretary of State for Human Rights under the...
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