France's presidency on Thursday announced four new ministers in a mini cabinet reshuffle including a new culture minister, Catherine Pégard. A former journalist who was once the editor of political magazine Le Point, Pegard also used to head the Versailles Palace.

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The French presidency on Thursday named Catherine Pégard as the country's new culture minister as one of four new ministers appointed in a mini-reshuffle.

Pégard, a former magazine editor and head of Versailles Palace, takes over from Rachida Dati, a conservative who left the post to campaign to become mayor of Paris in an election in March.

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The presidency said that former minister Sabrina Roubache would return to the government as a deputy education and training minister, government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon becomes a deputy energy minister and lawmaker Camille Galliard-Minier will be a deputy minister for people with disabilities.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP)

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