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Rachida Dati to Resign from Government Ahead of 2025 Municipal Elections

January 18, 2026 1:39pm 13:39

Rachida Dati has announced she will leave her ministerial role prior to the 2025 municipal elections to focus on her mayoral campaign in Paris.

Key details

• Rachida Dati will resign from the government before the March 2025 municipal elections.
• She did not specify the exact date of her resignation.
• Dati wants to continue defending cultural budgets until her departure.
• She is the mayor of Paris's 7th arrondissement and LR's candidate for Paris mayor.

On January 18, 2026, Rachida Dati, French Minister of Culture and the Les Républicains (LR) candidate for the Paris mayoral election, announced she will resign from the government before the municipal elections scheduled for March 15 and 22, 2025. While she confirmed her intention to step down, Dati did not specify an exact resignation date during her appearance on the political program "Questions politiques." She acknowledged the wishes of some cultural stakeholders for her to continue defending their budget until her departure. Dati currently holds the position of mayor of Paris's 7th arrondissement alongside her ministerial role. This resignation plan underscores a strategic move as she prepares for her campaign in the upcoming municipal elections, signaling a shift from her governmental responsibilities to focus on local political ambitions.

This article was synthesized and translated from native language sources to provide English-speaking readers with local perspectives.

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