Ahmed Aboutaleb

Ahmed Aboutaleb
Aboutaleb in 2019
Mayor of Rotterdam
Assumed office
5 January 2009
Preceded byIvo Opstelten
State Secretary for Social Affairs
and Employment
In office
22 February 2007 – 12 December 2008
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded byHenk van Hoof
Succeeded byJetta Klijnsma
Personal details
Born (1961-08-29) 29 August 1961 (age 62)
Beni Sidel, Nador, Rif
NationalityDutch, Moroccan[1][2]
Political partyLabour Party (from 2003)
Children3 daughters and 1 son
Residence(s)Kralingen, Netherlands
Alma materThe Hague University of Applied Sciences
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Journalist · Electrical engineer · Nonprofit director · Political pundit · Author · Columnist · Poet

Ahmed Aboutaleb (Arabic: أحمد أبو طالب; born 29 August 1961) is a Dutch politician of Moroccan origin.[3] A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), he has served as Mayor of Rotterdam since 2009. In January 2024, he announced he would resign the post later in the year.

  1. ^ "Aboutaleb stuurt zijn paspoort niet terug". de Volkskrant. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Ahmed Aboutaleb. Overal de eerste - Humanistisch Verbond". www.humanistischverbond.be. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^ Wouter Ijzerman. "Mayor and Muslim in the Netherlands, a Question of Loyalty?". Morocco World News. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

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