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Bernard Kouchner

A picture taken 17 May 2007 shows former Nicolas Sarkozy's spokeswoman for the presidential campaign, Rachida Dati arriving at Matignon, the prime minister's official residence. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon on Friday unveiled a 15-member cabinet that includes seven women, among them Rachida Dati as justice minister, and the maverick Socialist Bernard Kouchner as foreign minister.

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About Bernard Kouchner

Bernard Kouchner (born 1 November 1939 in Avignon) is a French politician, diplomat, and doctor. He is co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) -also known as Doctors Without Borders- and Doctors of the World. He is currently the French minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the right-wing Fillon government, although he was considered in the past to be a center-left politician.

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