Christiane Taubira, the French Justice Minister who has been an outspoken critic of government plans to strip French nationality from dual-citizens who are convicted of terrorism, has resigned, President Francois Hollande's office said Wednesday.
Christiane Taubira, the French Justice Minister who has been an outspoken critic of government plans to strip French nationality from dual-citizens who are convicted of terrorism, has resigned, President François Hollande’s office said Wednesday.
Hollande and Taubira "agreed on the need to terminate her functions”, the statement said.
She will be replaced by Jean-Jacques Urvoas, MP for thr Finistère department in Brittany.
Taubira in early January openly disagreed with the French president's proposal to strip French nationality from dual-citizens who are convicted of terrorism, a measure championed by Hollande in the wake of the terrorist attacks that shook Paris on November 13.
Taubira told iTele news channel in January that she was staunchly against a move she considered "completely useless” in combating the radicalisation of French nationals.
Taubira, 63, a veteran politician and razor-sharp orator from French Guiana, has been a popular member of the Socialist government.