On 16 March 2007, Begag officially announced his support for the UDF candidate François Bayrou.
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He resigned to support the moderate centrist candidate François Bayrou, one of the two UMP ministers to do so.
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He was the delegate minister for equal opportunities of France in the government of French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (Union for a Popular Movement, UMP) till 5 April 2007.