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Audrey Azoulay is a French politician, official, and manager born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud on August 4, 1972. She holds citizenship in France and is a member of the Socialist Party. Her professional background includes work as a minister and manager, with employment at the National Centre of Cinematography and Animated Pictures. Azoulay has served in a position held at UNESCO and is affiliated with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
She received her education from Sciences Po, the École nationale d'administration, Paris Dauphine University, and the University of Lancaster. Her fields of work include culture and politics. Azoulay is a member of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno and has received the Order of Valour and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. She speaks French and English.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Stefan Szczesny
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,797x
- Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
· 2007 · cited 7,930x
- Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,817x
- Topological domains in mammalian genomes identified by analysis of chromatin interactions
· 2012 · cited 6,718x
- Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,626x
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Key facts
- Deputy director general
- Xing Qu
- Preceded by
- Irina Bokova
- Succeeded by
- Khaled El-Enany
- Prime minister
- Manuel Valls , Bernard Cazeneuve
- Born
- ( 1972-08-04 ) 4 August 1972 (age 53) , La Celle-Saint-Cloud , France
- Party
- Independent
- Parent
- André Azoulay (father)
- Education
- Paris Dauphine University , Lancaster University , Sciences Po , École nationale d'administration
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Encyclopedic overview
Audrey Azoulay ( French: [odʁɛ azulɛ]; born 4 August 1972) is a French civil servant and politician who has served as the 10th Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 2017 to 2025, becoming the second female leader of the organization. She previously served as France's Minister of Culture under prime ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve from 2016 to 2017. In 2024 she won the award of Paris Dauphine University Alumna of the Year.
Early life and education
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