Salima Saa

{{short description|French politician (born 1971)}}

{{use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

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| office = Secretary of State for Equality between women and men

| primeminister = Michel Barnier

| term_start = 21 September 2024

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| predecessor = Aurore Bergé

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| party = The Republicans (since 2015)
Union for a Popular Movement (2011–2015)

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|7 September 1971|df=yes}}

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Salima Saa (born 7 September 1971) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who briefly served as secretary of state for gender equality in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier from September to December 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.aefinfo.fr/depeche/718175-salima-saa-est-nommee-secretaire-d-etat-chargee-de-l-egalite-entre-les-femmes-et-les-hommes|title=Salima Saa est nommée secrétaire d’État chargée de l’Égalité entre les femmes et les hommes|publisher=AEF info|date=21 September 2024|language=fr}}

Political career

From 2011 to 2012, Saa served as director of the National Agency for Social Cohesion and Equal Opportunities.{{cite web|url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/brive-la-gaillarde-19100/actualites/qui-est-salima-saa-cette-proche-de-nicolas-sarkozy-nommee-prefete-de-la-correze_13817999/|title=Qui est Salima Saa, cette proche de Nicolas Sarkozy nommée préfète de la Corrèze ?|work=La Montagne|date=29 July 2020|language=fr}} Ahead of the 2012 presidential elections, she joined the team of Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, then spokesperson for Nicolas Sarkozy's campaign.Jean-Baptiste Garat (3 May 2012), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2012/05/03/01002-20120503ARTFIG00698-fillon-cope-juppe-hommes-forts-de-l-ump.php Fillon, Copé, Juppé, hommes forts de l'UMP] Le Figaro.

In the Republicans' 2016 primaries, Saa endorsed Bruno Le Maire as the center-right parties joint candidate for the 2017 French presidential electionLudovic Vigogne and Nathalie Segaunes (4 October 2015), [https://www.lopinion.fr/politique/salima-saa-lex-protegee-de-sarkozy-rejoint-le-maire Salima Saa, l’ex-protégée de Sarkozy, rejoint Le Maire] L'Opinion. and joined his campaign team.Ludovic Vigogne (15 September 2016), [https://www.lopinion.fr/politique/le-maire-lequipe-de-la-campagne-sans-bruno Le Maire, l’équipe de «la campagne sans Bruno»] L'Opinion.

From 2020 to 2022, Saa served as prefect of Corrèze.{{cite web|url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/brive-la-gaillarde-19100/actualites/l-ancienne-prefete-de-la-correze-salima-saa-nommee-secretaire-d-etat-a-l-egalite-femme-homme_14567018/|title=L'ancienne préfète de la Corrèze, Salima Saa, nommée secrétaire d'État à l'égalité femme homme|work=La Montagne|date=21 September 2024|language=fr}}

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