Portraits
Azouz Begag at the campaign headquarters of French presidential candidate François Bayrou. Begag was minister for equal opportunities in the government of Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (Union for a Popular Movement, UMP) until April 5, 2007. He resigned to support the UDF (Union pour la Démocratie Française) moderate centrist candidate François Bayrou, the only UMP minister to do so. Azouz Begag's book "Un Mouton dans La Baignoire," which describes his two year experience in government, was published on April 11, 2007..Paris, France. 17/04/2007.Photo © J.B. Russell