Ahmed Aboutaleb

Ahmed Aboutaleb
Aboutaleb in 2019
Mayor of Rotterdam
In office
5 January 2009 – 1 October 2024
Preceded byIvo Opstelten
Succeeded byCarola Schouten
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 63)
Beni Sidel, Morocco
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, being officially succeeded on 10 October 2024 by Carola Schouten.[4]

  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.
  4. ^ "Carola Schouten vanaf vandaag officieel burgemeester van Rotterdam". NU.nl. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.