Audrey Azoulay Appointed as UNESCO Chief

French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay has been elected as 11th director general of UNESCO at the 39th General Conference

Azoulay is the second women to occupy this position and she is appointed for 4 years
She was nominated last month by the U.N. cultural agency’s executive board
Azoulay will aim at restoring the international standing of the Paris-based organization that has been mired in financial woes since the United States withdrew its sizeable funding in 2011.
She will set priorities for the organization’s World Heritage program that protects cultural sites and traditions.'

About Audrey Azoulay

She was born in 1972.
She completed her graduation from the Ecole National d’Administration and the Paris Institut d’études politiques.
She holds a masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Lancaster (U.K.).
She has held several high-level positions in France, including minister of culture and communication from February 2016 to May 2017.
She served as a rapporteur to France’s public auditing authority, the Cour des comptes, and as a European Commission legislative expert on issues of culture and the media.
She served France’s National Cinema Center (CNC), first as deputy audiovisual director, then as director of financial and legal affairs, and finally as deputy director-general.
She was the first deputy audiovisual director of France’s National Cinema Center (CNC)

It was formed on 16 November 1945
UNESCO is the United Nations organization responsible for coordinating international cooperation in education, science, culture and communication.
The organization’s theme is “Building peace in the minds of men and women”