![Newly named Junior Minister for Human Rights, Senegalese-born Rama Yade, smiles as she leaves after her first weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris June 20, 2007 following a cabinet Newly named Junior Minister for Human Rights, Senegalese-born Rama Yade, smiles as she leaves after her first weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris June 20, 2007 following a cabinet](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/TYXYJF/newly-named-junior-minister-for-human-rights-senegalese-born-rama-yade-smiles-as-she-leaves-after-her-first-weekly-cabinet-meeting-at-the-elysee-palace-in-paris-june-20-2007-following-a-cabinet-reshuffle-president-nicolas-sarkozy-sent-a-strong-signal-to-frances-disaffected-minorities-by-appointing-an-outspoken-advocate-of-muslim-women-and-a-woman-of-senegalese-origin-to-his-government-among-frances-most-diverse-ever-upi-photoeco-clement-TYXYJF.jpg)
Newly named Junior Minister for Human Rights, Senegalese-born Rama Yade, smiles as she leaves after her first weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris June 20, 2007 following a cabinet
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![France's Human Rights junior Minister Rama Yade (L) and Tunisian Foreign Minister Abdelwahab Abdallah (R) sign documents at a ceremony on April 28, 2008 as French President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd L) and France's Human Rights junior Minister Rama Yade (L) and Tunisian Foreign Minister Abdelwahab Abdallah (R) sign documents at a ceremony on April 28, 2008 as French President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd L) and](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D22E54/frances-human-rights-junior-minister-rama-yade-l-and-tunisian-foreign-minister-abdelwahab-abdallah-r-sign-documents-at-a-ceremony-on-april-28-2008-as-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-2nd-l-and-tunisias-president-zine-el-abidine-ben-ali-attend-at-carthage-palace-frances-president-sarkozy-starts-a-three-day-official-visit-to-tunisia-reuterspatrick-kovarikpool-tunisia-2D22E54.jpg)
France's Human Rights junior Minister Rama Yade (L) and Tunisian Foreign Minister Abdelwahab Abdallah (R) sign documents at a ceremony on April 28, 2008 as French President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd L) and
![French president Nicolas Sarkozy's Junior Minister of State, attached to the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, responsible for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, Rama Yade is welcomed by Libyan leader Moammar French president Nicolas Sarkozy's Junior Minister of State, attached to the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, responsible for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, Rama Yade is welcomed by Libyan leader Moammar](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E8N4TG/french-president-nicolas-sarkozys-junior-minister-of-state-attached-to-the-minister-of-foreign-and-european-affairs-responsible-for-foreign-affairs-and-human-rights-rama-yade-is-welcomed-by-libyan-leader-moammar-gadhafi-at-the-bab-azizia-palace-in-tripoli-libya-on-july-25-photo-by-christophe-guibbaudabacapresscom-2E8N4TG.jpg)
French president Nicolas Sarkozy's Junior Minister of State, attached to the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, responsible for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, Rama Yade is welcomed by Libyan leader Moammar
![France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Rama Yade, French Junior Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, attend a meeting with officials of the International Contact Group on Sudan/Darfur at the Elysee Palace France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Rama Yade, French Junior Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, attend a meeting with officials of the International Contact Group on Sudan/Darfur at the Elysee Palace](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D2JYHR/frances-president-nicolas-sarkozy-l-and-rama-yade-french-junior-minister-for-foreign-and-european-affairs-attend-a-meeting-with-officials-of-the-international-contact-group-on-sudandarfur-at-the-elysee-palace-in-paris-june-25-2007-sarkozy-urged-delegates-to-a-meeting-on-the-humanitarian-crisis-in-darfur-to-find-a-way-to-stop-the-violence-ravaging-sudans-vast-west-reutersmartin-bureaupool-france-2D2JYHR.jpg)
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Rama Yade, French Junior Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, attend a meeting with officials of the International Contact Group on Sudan/Darfur at the Elysee Palace
![An insult against France": the words of Rama Yade on the statue of Colbert make the political class react - The Limited Times An insult against France": the words of Rama Yade on the statue of Colbert make the political class react - The Limited Times](https://i.f1g.fr/media/cms/704x396_cropupscale/2021/11/21/c30f6f6a69b3b5ea3a97337a3ca6048eb66b7e5aac7d5c8428542e43be38dcad.jpg)