Nezha Chekrouni

Nezha Chekrouni
Ambassador of Morocco to Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 January 2009
Preceded byMohamed Tangi
Delegate-Minister for the Moroccans Living Abroad
In office
7 November 2002 – 8 October 2007
Preceded byLahcen Gaboune
Succeeded byMohammed Ameur
Delegate-Minister for Women Conditions, Family and Children Protection
In office
6 September 2000 – 7 November 2002
Preceded bynone – position created
Succeeded byYasmina Baddou
(as Secretary of State for Family)
Secretary of State for the Handicapped
In office
14 March 1998 – 6 September 2000
Preceded bynone
Succeeded bynone – position created
Personal details
Born1955
Meknes, Morocco
Political partyUSFP
OccupationPolitician

Nouzha Chekrouni (Arabic: نزهة الشقروني ; born 1955, Meknes) is a Senior Fellow in Advanced Leadership at Harvard University who holds a Doctorate degree in linguistics from Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. She was a politician of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party of Morocco and a Delegate-Minister for the Moroccans Living Abroad in the cabinet of Driss Jettou (2002–2007), Delegate-Minister for Women Conditions, Family and Children Protection and Secretary of State for the Handicapped in the cabinet of Abderrahman el-Yousfi (1998–2002). Since January 2009 she is Ambassador of Morocco to Canada.[1][2][3][4] Dr. Chekrouni was professor of linguistics in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at the university of Meknes.[1]

  1. ^ a b Naima BOUACHRINE (21 March 1998). "Aïcha Belarbi et Nouzha Chekrouni, deux femmes au gouvernement". MarocHebdo. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. ^ "MEKNÈS : Chekrouni lance son site Internet". La Gazette du Maroc. 31 July 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. ^ MAP (21 January 2009). "SM Le Roi Mohammed VI nomme de nouveaux ambassadeurs". Maghreb Observateur. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  4. ^ Shefa, Sheri (28 May 2012). "Festival to celebrate Jewish life in Morocco". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 6 May 2015.