Christine Albanel

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Christine Albanel (born 24 June 1955 in Toulouse, France) is a French civil servant. She is currently France's Minister of Culture since May 2007 in François Fillon's government.

Albanel is agrégé in classical Letters. In 1982, she joined the administration of the city of Paris, and followed Jacques Chirac - working in his cabinet - when he became Prime Minister in 1986 and French President in 1995.

In 2000, she became Conseiller d'État.

She became president of the museum and domain administration of the Palace of Versailles in 2003.

In 2007, she was appointed Minister of Culture in François Fillon's government.

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