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Rachida Dati resigns as France's culture minister to focus on Paris mayor campaign

Rachida Dati leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting, 25 February 2026. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

Rachida Dati has resigned as culture minister to focus on her campaign to be elected mayor of Paris, which she describes as “the battle of my life”.

Dati said on Wednesday evening that she had submitted her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, less than three weeks before the first round of voting in the mayoral race on 15 March.

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