Zakia Khattabi

Zakia Khattabi
Khattabi in 2022
Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2020
Monarch	Philippe
Prime Minister	Alexander De Croo
Preceded by	Marie-Christine Marghem
Leader of Ecolo
In office 22 March 2015 – 15 September 2019
Preceded by	Olivier Deleuze and Emily Hoyos
Succeeded by	Rajae Maouane and Jean-Marc Nollet
Member of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region
In office 7 June 2009 – 25 May 2014
Member of the Parliament of the French Community of Belgium
In office 24 September 2009 – 25 May 2014
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office 19 June 2014 – 1 October 2020
Personal details
Born	(1976-01-15) 15 January 1976 (age 48) Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium
Citizenship	Belgium Morocco
Political party	Ecolo
Residence	Brussels
Alma mater	Université libre de Bruxelles

Zakia Khattabi (Arabic: زكية الخطابي; born 15 January 1976) is a Belgian-Moroccan politician who was the co-president of the Ecolo party.

Khattabi was born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in Brussels to Moroccan parents.^[1] She studied at Université libre de Bruxelles. She believes in political ecology and is a feminist activist, which led to her joining the Ecolo party. As of 1 October 2020^[update], she serves as federal Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal in the De Croo Government led by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo.