Fathallah Oualalou | |
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Minister of Economy and Finance | |
In office March 1998 – October 2007 | |
Monarchs | Hassan II Mohammed VI |
Prime Minister | Abderrahmane Youssoufi Driss Jettou Abbas El Fassi |
Preceded by | Driss Jettou |
Succeeded by | Salaheddine Mezouar |
Fathallah Oualalou (Arabic: فتح الله والعلو) (born 1942 in Rabat)[1] is a Moroccan politician. He was the mayor of Rabat from 2009 to 2015. He was the Minister of Economy and Finance of Morocco between March 1998 and October 2007.[2] He is a member of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party (USFP).
Oualalou graduated in economics from the Mohammed V University in Rabat, going on to obtain a "Diplôme d'études supérieures" (DES) in economics in Paris in 1966. In addition to his work as an assistant at the Mohammed V University, in the 1960s he became president of the Union nationale des étudiants du Maroc and head of the Confederation of Maghreb Students.[1]