Gerald Darmanin
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Gerald Darmanin 
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| Birth date | 11 October 1982 |
| Ethnicities | Armenian, Maltese, Algerian |
Gérald Moussa Darmanin (born 11 October 1982) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister of the Interior in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean Castex and Élisabeth Borne since 2020.
Early life and education
Darmanin was born to a working-class family with Algerian and Maltese-Armenian roots. Darmanin's ancestry can be traced back to Leon de Lusignan (1342-1393) who was a titular King of Armenia. de Lusignan had several illegitimate offspring, one being Etienne a Knight in Sis (Armenia) (c. 1405) who married Eleanor Gatto of a Sicilian military aristocrat. Etienne's son was Guido de Armenia (1410-1475) or Darmanin as some would call it, became a corsair along with his son Mariano in the Mediterranean.