legal adviser
Rachida Dati took which position between Mar 2010 and Oct 2010?
Rachida Dati Rachida Dati ( ; born 27 November 1965 ) is a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament , representing Île-de-France . Prior to her election , she held the cabinet post of Keeper of the Seals , Minister of Justice . She was a spokesperson for Nicolas Sarkozy during the French presidential election of 2007 . After his victory , Sarkozy appointed her to his Government on 18 May 2007 . She was elected mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris on 29 March 2008 . Early life and education . Rachida Dati was born on 27 November 1965 in Saint-Rémy , Burgundy to a Moroccan father , a bricklayer named Mbarek , and an Algerian mother , named Fatima-Zohra . She was the second child of twelve in an impoverished family , and she spent her childhood in Chalon-sur-Saône in Burgundy . Even though Dati was raised in a devout Islamic environment , she attended Catholic schools . She studied at the University of Burgundy , where she received a masters degree in Economics , and at Panthéon-Assas University , where she received a Law degree . Career . Early beginnings . At the age of sixteen , Dati started working as a paramedical assistant . She then worked for three years as an accountant at Elf Aquitaine while at university . After meeting Jean-Luc Lagardère in 1990 , Dati entered the audit management team of Matra Nortel communication . She later spent a year in London at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development , in the records management and archiving department . In 1994 , she was an auditing supervisor and secretary-general of the bureau of urban development studies at Suez ( then Lyonnaise des Eaux ) . From 1995 to 1997 , she worked as a technical advisor at the legal management division of the Ministry of Education . In 1997 , Dati was admitted to the École nationale de la magistrature , a public educational institution which offers courses necessary to become a magistrate . Upon leaving in 1999 , she became a legal auditor at the Bobigny tribunal de grande instance ( high court ) . She went on to become judge for collective procedures at the in Péronne and eventually an assistant to the attorney general of the Évry tribunal . Career in politics . In 2002 , Dati became Nicolas Sarkozys advisor , working for him on an anti-delinquency project . In 2006 , she joined the Union for a Popular Movement ( UMP ) party . On 14 January 2007 , she was named spokesperson for Sarkozy on the day he was chosen as UMP candidate for the presidential elections of April 2007 . After Sarkozys victory on 6 May 2007 , she was appointed Minister of Justice . Her rationalization of the court system was publicly opposed by judicial professionals . Later on , it was recognised by the French Court of Auditor as one of the most ambitious reform of the judicial institution . When the Sarkozys marriage began to break up , Dati frequently went on official presidential trips to accompany Nicolas Sarkozy . On 23 January 2009 , Sarkozy announced that Dati would take the second position on the UMP candidate list for Île-de-France constituency in the European Parliament election in June 2009 , to which she was elected . She left her post as minister after being elected as a European deputy . Career in the private sector . Soon after she left the government , in summer 2009 , Dati switched to law , becoming a junior magistrate and assistant prosecutor . She also founded a consulting company called La Bourdonnais consultant , which she had to dissolve at the beginning of 2010 to be able to resume the profession of lawyer , which she had to do by special dispensation ( like other former magistrates ) . She sits on the editorial board of the French version of the Huffington Post , where she writes a weekly column about womens issues . On the local level , Dati is the Mayor of the 7th district of Paris and Member of Paris City Council . On 9 February 2013 , Dati announced she was a candidate for mayor of Paris in the 2014 local elections but she later withdrew because the press has already chosen Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet . Member of the European Parliament , 2009–2019 . A member of the European Peoples Party group in the European Parliament , Dati served on the Committee on Civil Liberties , Justice and Home Affairs and on the parliaments delegations for relations with the Mashreq countries , to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean , and for relations with the Arab Peninsula . In parliament , Dati was the Parliaments rapporteur on several texts dealing with countering terrorism and the prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations . Following the Charlie Hebdo shooting in 2015 , she drafted a report into how to prevent the radicalisation of young Europeans . Her parliamentary work also included dealing with the prison systems and conditions in the European Union , and finding solutions to face the migration crisis with an EU common list of safe countries of origin . In the UMPs 2012 leadership election , Dati endorsed Jean-François Copé . In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election , Dati endorsed Laurent Wauquiez . In early 2019 , she announced her plan to run for the Paris municipal election in 2020 . Controversy . Soon after Dati left the government in 2009 to stand for the European Parliament , she was hired by the Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance as a legal adviser . In 2019 , Frances financial prosecutor launched an investigation into consulting fees she received from the alliance . In December 2013 , French media reported that Dati had received payments from French energy utility GDF-Suez . In early 2014 , the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz asked parliamentary services to look into conflict-of-interest concerns , but the inquiry was interrupted by the 2014 election campaign . At the same time , the French high authority for transparency in public life , Frances anti-corruption watchdog , also opened a file on the case . Other activities . - PlaNet Finance , Member of International Advisory Board Personal life . In September 2008 , Dati announced that she was pregnant and would be a single mother . She revealed her pregnancy to a group of reporters who questioned her about mounting rumours . I want to remain careful , because . . . I am still in the risky stage . I am 42 , she was quoted as saying . Her daughter , Zohra , was born in early 2009 . As the name of the father was not revealed , many names circulated in gossip magazines . However , in 2012 , she started legal action against Dominique Desseigne , the chief executive of Groupe Lucien Barrière a casino market leader in France , Switzerland and Europe , to recognise paternity . In December 2012 , a French court ordered Desseigne to undergo a paternity test to see if he fathered Datis child . After Desseigne refused to undergo the test , a French court decision of 7 January 2016 ruled that Desseigne was indeed the father . In November 2016 , she was listed as one of BBCs 100 Women . Distinctions . - : Grand Officer of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite ( April 2010 ) - Two Sicilian Royal Family : Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I