A Secretary of State for Citizenship, leader of the defenders of French Caledonia, appointed to promote the "pride of being French"?
The mission seems cut out for Sonia Backès, the first Caledonian elected official invested in the government.
Since she left Noumea to settle this summer in Paris, Gérald Darmanin, her supervisory minister, is pleased to be able to count on this computer engineer close to her friend Sébastien Lecornu, an
"elected in the field"
from the Republicans - like him.
But Sonia Backès has kept a secret for a long time.
Many are unaware, among her friends as her fellow ministers, that she escaped from Scientology.
She was 13 years old.
Today, at 46, she is responsible for leading the fight against sectarian aberrations for the government.
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This frank and pugnacious woman, large glasses and light hair, fights a personal fight.
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