Asmaa Rhlalou is a Moroccan journalist and politician of the National Rally of Independents (RNI). She has been a member of the Moroccan Parliament and was elected as the mayor of the Moroccan capital Rabat by the municipal council in September 2021.[1]
Early life and education
Rhlalou enrolled in the French University of Perpignan, from which she obtained a doctorate from the faculty of economics in 2006.[2]
Journalistic career
Rhlalou has been writing for the L'Opinion since 1997,[3] besides she was a reporter for the Arabic language MBC group for two years.[2]
Political career
Since the age of fifteen years, Rhlalou was politically active.[2] She was involved in the Istiqlal party for ten years[3] and in 2015 she was invited to join the RNI[2] for which she was elected into the Moroccan Parliament for the term 2016 to 2021.[4] As a deputy of Morocco she represented Morocco in the Women's Political leader's summit in Reykyavik in 2017[5] and Tokyo in 2019.[6] Following her parties success in the General elections in September 2021, she was elected as the mayor of Rabat by the municipal council supported by a broad coalition of the RNI, Istiqlal, Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM).[7]
In 2023, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Rhlalou to his Advisory Group on Local and Regional Governments, co-chaired by Pilar Cancela Rodríguez and Fatimatou Abdel Malick.[8]
References
- ^ "Maroc : Tout savoir sur Asmaa Rhlalou, première femme élue maire de Rabat". CNEWS (in French). Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ a b c d "Qui est Asma Rhlalou, la nouvelle maire de Rabat?". SNRT (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-10-02. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ a b "Biography of Asmaa Rhlalou president of the city council of Rabat". New in 24 English. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ "Lourdes accusations à l'encontre de Bouanou (VIDEO)". Le Site Info (in French). 2018-05-17. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ "Participation du Maroc au Forum Mondial des Femmes Leaders en politique à Rekjavick". Maroc.ma (in French). 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ "Women Political Leaders Summit 2019" (PDF). www.womenpoliticalleaders.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-09-27.
- ^ Kasraoui, Safaa. "Asmaa Rhlalou Elected as Rabat's First Female Mayor". www.moroccoworldnews.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ Local and Regional Engagement, Action and Multi-Level Cooperation Are Vital to Rescue SDGs and Contribute to Topics under the Summit of Future United Nations, press release of 6 October 2023.