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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (born Najat Belkacem on 4 October 1977) is a French-Moroccan socialist politician, who on 25 August 2014 was the first French woman to be appointed Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research, joining the second Valls government. Previously she was Minister of Women's Affairs (16 May 2012 to 25 August 2014, Ayrault government and Valls government), Minister of City Affairs (2 April 2012 to 25 August 2014, Valls government), Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (2 April 2012 to 25 August 2014, Valls government), and Government spokesperson (16 May 2012 to 31 March 2014, Ayrault government). She was the spokesperson of Ségolène Royal's campaign during the 2007 French presidential election and again in 2009 for the 2011 French Socialist Party presidential primary. Since 2008, she has been a councillor of the city of Lyon, responsible for major events, youth and community life. ==Biography== Second in a family of seven children, Najat Belkacem was born in the Moroccan countryside in 1977 in Bni Chiker, a village near Nador in the Rif region. She also has a Spanish grand-mother and an Algerian one. In 1982 she rejoined her father, a building worker, with her mother and elder sister Fatiha, and grew up in the suburbs of Amiens.〔Jacques Bertoin, ("Najat Belkacem, la vie en rose" ), ''Jeune-afrique.com'', 18.〕 She graduated from the ''Institut d'études politiques de Paris'' (Paris Institute of Political Studies) in 2002. At the ''Institut'' she met Boris Vallaud, whom she married on 27 August 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=maillm69.com )〕 She joined the Socialist Party in 2002 and joined the team of Gérard Collomb, Mayor of Lyon, in 2003 leading actions to strengthen local democracy, the fight against discrimination, promotion of citizen rights, and access to employment and housing. Elected to the Regional Council of Rhone-Alpes in 2004, she chaired the Culture Commission, resigning in 2008. In 2005, she became adviser to the Socialist Party. In 2005 and 2006 she was a columnist for the cultural programme ''C'est tout vu'' on ''Télé Lyon Municipale'' alongside Stéphane Cayrol. In February 2007 she joined Ségolène Royal's campaign team as a spokeswoman, alongside Vincent Peillon and Arnaud Montebourg. In March 2008 she was elected ''conseillère générale'' of the Rhône department in the cantonal elections with 58.52% of the votes in the second round, under the banner of the Socialist Party in the canton of Lyon-XIII. On 16 May 2012, she was appointed to French President François Hollande's cabinet as Minister of Women's Rights and spokeswoman for the government. She supports having the French government force Twitter to filter out hate speech that is illegal under French law, such as speech that is homophobic. Regarding same-sex marriage in France, she has stated that its legalisation is a matter of "historic progress".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=France and gay marriage: Pink pride in Paris - The Economist )〕 She describes herself as a "non-practising Muslim".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.legal-project.org/3755/muslim-minister-in-french-government-calls-for )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Najat Vallaud-Belkacem」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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