Ahmed Aboutaleb
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| In office 2007 – present |
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| Preceded by | Henk van Hoof |
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| Succeeded by | incumbent |
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| In office 2004 – 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Rob Oudkerk |
| Succeeded by | Lodewijk Asscher a.i. |
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| Born | August 29, 1961 (age 45) Beni Sidel, Morocco |
| Political party | Labour Party (PvdA) |
| Residence | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Religion | Islam |
Ahmed Aboutaleb (born August 29, 1961 in Beni Sidel) is a Dutch-Moroccan politician. He is State Secretary of Social Affairs and Employment in the fourth Balkenende cabinet.
[edit] Life
Aboutaleb grew up as a son of an imam in small Moroccan village in the Rif. Together with his mother and brothers he moved to the Netherlands in 1976. He then studied telecommunications, after which he found work as reporter for Veronica, NOS-radio and RTL Nieuws. He also worked at the public relations department of the Dutch health ministry.
In 1998, Aboutaleb became director of the Forum organisation, an institute dealing with multi-culturalism in the Netherlands. He also got a post as civil servant with the municipality of Amsterdam.
In January of 2004, Aboutaleb succeeded the plagued Rob Oudkerk as alderman in the city. Labour Party leader Wouter Bos in his book Wat Wouter Wil (English: What Wouter Wants) said that if the Labour Party would partake in forming the next cabinet after the 2006 elections, Aboutaleb would be offered a minister post. Abouteleb himself wants to focus on his work as alderman and says that it is "important first that the PvdA wins the elections."[1] Aboutaleb was in the end offered the job of State Secretary for social affairs, but said that he doesn't mind the lesser function, and believes he can learn a lot from Piet Hein Donner, the candidate-minister of social affairs.[2]
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- ^ (Dutch) "Bos biedt Aboutaleb ministerspost aan", Elsevier, 2006-11-01.
- ^ "New cabinet ministers announced", Expatica, 2007-02-14.
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Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers: Wouter Bos (Finance) • André Rouvoet (Youth and Family)
Ministers: Guusje ter Horst (Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations) • Maxime Verhagen (Foreign Affairs) • Eimert van Middelkoop (Defense) • Maria van der Hoeven (Economic Affairs) • Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) • Gerda Verburg (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) • Ronald Plasterk (Education, Culture and Science) • Piet Hein Donner (Social Affairs and Employment) • Camiel Eurlings (Transportation and Water Management) • Ab Klink (Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports) • Jacqueline Cramer (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) • Ella Vogelaar (Minister of Housing and Integration) • Bert Koenders (International Development)
State Secretaries: Jan Kees de Jager (Finance) • Frans Timmermans (European Affairs) • Nebahat Albayrak (Justice) • Ank Bijleveld-Schouten (Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations) • Marja van Bijsterveldt (Education, Culture and Science) • Sharon Dijksma (Education, Culture and Science) • Cees van der Knaap (Defense) • Tineke Huizinga (Transport and Water Management) • Frank Heemskerk (Economic Affairs) • Ahmed Aboutaleb (Social Affairs and Employment) •Jet Bussemaker (Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports)
