{{short description|French politician (born 1971)}} {{use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Salima Saa | image = | caption = | office = Secretary of State for Equality between women and men | prime_minister = Michel Barnier | term_start = 21 September 2024 | term_end = 23 December 2024 | predecessor = Aurore Bergé | successor = Aurore Bergé | party = The Republicans (since 2015)<br/>Union for a Popular Movement (2011–2015) | other_party = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|7 September 1971|df=yes}} | birth_place = }} '''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Political career== From 2011 to 2012, Saa served as director of the National Agency for Social Cohesion and Equal Opportunities.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Ahead of the 2012 presidential elections, she joined the team of Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, then spokesperson for Nicolas Sarkozy's campaign.<ref>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''.</ref>
In the Republicans' 2016 primaries, Saa endorsed Bruno Le Maire as the center-right parties joint candidate for the 2017 French presidential election<ref>Ludovic 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''.</ref> and joined his campaign team.<ref>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''.</ref>
From 2020 to 2022, Saa served as prefect of Corrèze.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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