Gabriel Attal becomes France’s youngest and first openly gay prime minister | CNN
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday appointed 34-year-old Gabriel Attal to become the country’s next prime minister.
    • jeffw@lemmy.worldEnglish
      223·
      6 months ago

      That’s the point. We’ll never know if, at some point in history, there was a closeted gay person in any role. That’s why we always say “first openly gay person” in these situations.

      • uis@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        6 months ago

        For example with Milonov it is very clear: he is gay. Even if he says otherwise.

  • TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    6 months ago

    He was Education minister before this, despite never setting foot in a public school, and heavily criticised protesters during the very unpopular pension reform while he was already a millionaire at 25 even though he never worked a day in his life. But hey, nice for us that he’s young and openly gay !

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    6 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday appointed 34-year-old Gabriel Attal to become the country’s next prime minister.

    Attal will be the youngest prime minister since the founding of the French Fifth Republic in 1958, and will also be the first openly gay man to serve as the country’s second-most powerful politician.

    Attal, a rising star in Macron’s Renaissance Party, has served as Minister of Education and National Youth since July 2023.

    “I know I can count on your energy and your commitment,” Macron said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, following the announcement.

    He replaces Elisabeth Borne, who resigned from her post on Monday after a tumultuous 20-month tenure marked by an unpopular decision to raise the retirement age and urban riots over the summer after police shot and killed a teenage boy of Algerian descent.

    Her departure was unsurprising, as it came ahead of a long-anticipated cabinet reshuffle.

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