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Azoulay's daughter is UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. Hailing from the Moroccan Jewish community, he is referred to as one of the most powerful Jews of the Muslim world."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"17 April 1941","date":"1941-04-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2847186#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Essaouira","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216939"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2847186#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"},{"text":"Morocco","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1028"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2847186#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"journalist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930187"},{"text":"economist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188094"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"political scientist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1238570"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2847186#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Centre de formation des journalistes","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2945328"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2847186#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Katia Brami","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22695358","start":"1966"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2847186#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (since 2015)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"2015"},{"text":"chairperson (2008–2014)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140686","start":"2008","end":"2014"},{"text":"counsellor to the king (since 1991)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2994371","start":"1991"},{"text":"president","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1255921"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2847186#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"North–South Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q577755","date":"2014"},{"text":"Ring of Tolerance","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20908722","date":"2014"},{"text":"Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25755314"},{"text":"Commander of the Legion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855212"},{"text":"honorary doctor of Ben-Gurion University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42293667","date":"2006"},{"text":"Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28861961","date":"2000"},{"text":"Medal of Andalusia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6008395","date":"2020"},{"text":"Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20884576","date":"2024-02-29"},{"text":"Commander of the Order of the Throne","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55381658"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2847186#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Azoulay","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2847186"],"faq":[{"q":"When was André Azoulay born?","a":"André Azoulay was born on 17 April 1941 in Essaouira."},{"q":"What positions has André Azoulay held?","a":"Positions held by André Azoulay include: president (since 2015); 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