London, Mar 29 : Glamorous former French Justice Minister Rachida Dati is making sure that her last days at the post fall no short of her “high style quotient”.

After being shunted out of government, President Nicolas Sarkozy was expecting Dati to keep a lower profile and avoid being photographed in expensive designer clothes in celebrity magazines.

The 43-year-old single mother, however, is enjoying an unprecedented wave of popularity and exposure as she works out her notice.

London, Mar 15 : French Justice Minister Rachida Dati, who made a lightning return to work just days after giving birth, only to lose her job, has launched a political comeback.

The 43-year-old, who was considered President Nicolas Sarkozy's favourite among the "Sarko-zettes" - his women ministers, is letting everybody know that she will run for mayor of Paris, reports The Times.

Her associates have hinted that she wants to prove that her fortunes are no longer purely dependent on the whims of her estranged mentor, Sarkozy.

London, March 9: French justice minister Rachida Dati has defended her decision to return to work five days after giving birth, saying that that it was her personal choice and not an attempt to prove herself to be a "high-performance" superwoman.

The 43-year-old minister, who has fallen from grace with President Nicolas Sarkozy, made this statement during her first interview since her maternity leave, which was published on International Woman’s Day.

London, Feb 6 : The guessing game sparked by French minister Rachida Dati over the identity of her daughter's father has apparently come to an end after a new book suggested that he was a Middle Eastern prosecutor.

In their book, Belle-Amie (Beautiful Friend), journalists Michael Darmon and Yves Derai claim that the father of Zohra, is Qatar''''s prosecutor general, Ali Bin Fetais al-Marri.

The 43-year-old controversial leader, who has made several trips to Qatar in recent times, has declined to name the father, reports the Telegraph.

London, Jan 29 : French Justice Minister Rachida Dati was reduced to "floods of tears" when President Nicolas Sarkozy sacked her three weeks after she gave birth, according to reports.

The 43-year-old controversial figure rushed back to her desk five days after a C-section in the hope of clinging on to her post, reports the Scotsman.

But two weeks later, Sarkozy "bullied" her into quitting to stand as an MEP, according to France''s satirical Canard Enchaine newspaper.

London, Jan 24 : The banishment of French Justice Minister Rachida Dati by President Nicolas Sarkozy into the "internal exile" of the European Parliament has been interpreted by the French media as a "slow-motion dumping" of the new mum.

Dati will retain her job until May but has agreed to stand down to become deputy leader of the ruling party''s campaign in the greater Paris area for the European elections in June, reports the Independent.