Ahmed Aboutaleb | |
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Mayor of Rotterdam | |
Assumed office 5 January 2009 | |
Preceded by | Ivo Opstelten |
State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment | |
In office 22 February 2007 – 12 December 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
Preceded by | Henk van Hoof |
Succeeded by | Jetta Klijnsma |
Personal details | |
Born | Beni Sidel, Morocco | 29 August 1961
Nationality | Dutch, Moroccan[1][2] |
Political party | Labour Party (from 2003) |
Children | 3 daughters and 1 son |
Residence(s) | Kralingen, Netherlands |
Alma mater | The Hague University of Applied Sciences |
Occupation | Politician · 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.