File:Didier_Plowy_-_Audrey_Azoulay_(cropped).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Audrey
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- La Celle-Saint-Cloud
- Father
- André Azoulay
- Occupation
- minister
- Educated at
- University of Lancaster
- Political party
- Socialist Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- politics
- Official website
- audreyazoulay-unesco2017.fr/en
- Image
- Didier Plowy - Audrey Azoulay (cropped).jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1972-08-04
- Commons category
- Audrey Azoulay
- name in native language
- Audrey Azoulay
- social media followers
- 79478
- P10632
- Audrey Azoulay
- affiliation string
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- member of
- Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
~13 min read
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Audrey Azoulay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.