Rachida Dati, France‘s culture minister, is stepping down from her post to run for mayor of Paris in next month’s election, she told the Financial Times in an interview Wednesday.

Dati was appointed minister of culture by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in 2024 as part of President Emmanuel Macron’s new-look centrist cabinet, following an election that saw Macron pivot to the right. Le Monde‘s read of her term at culture minister was scathing, writing that it “resembled more a series of publicity stunts. than genuine achievements,” and that she “neglected live entertainment, failed on the reform of public broadcasting and stumbled on the Louvre issue.”