Gabriel Attal, France’s education minister, has been named as the country’s new prime minister. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the 34-year-old’s appointment on Tuesday. The history-making appointment sets Attal to be the youngest prime minister in the country. He is also the first openly gay man to serve in the post – making him one of the world’s most prominent and powerful LGBTQ politicians. During his tenure as education minister, Attal placed a controversial ban on the wearing of the abaya, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by Muslim women, in French…
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