Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui

Lalla Joumala Alaoui
Lalla Joumala Alaoui
Ambassador of Morocco to the United States
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 2016
Preceded by	Rachad Bouhlal
Ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom
	In office; 21 January 2009 – 2016
Preceded by	Mohammed Belmahi
Succeeded by	Abdesselam Aboudrar
Personal details
Born	1962 (age 61–62); Rabat, Morocco
Spouse	Muhammad Reza Nouri Esfandiari
Children	Lalla Nuzha Esfandiari
Parent(s)	Prince Moulay Ali; Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra
Residence	London
Alma mater	Oriental Institute, Oxford
Occupation	Diplomat
Website	Moroccan Embassy in London

Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui (born 1962, Rabat) is a Moroccan diplomat, Ambassador of Morocco to the United States, and the former Ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early life

Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui was educated at the Mission laïque française of Rabat (Lycee Descartes) then at the Oriental Institute, Oxford, where she graduated with a Bachelor in law.^[3] After, she settled in Casablanca, where she became active in some of the city's NGOs.^[3]

For a brief period in 1999-2000, she was diplomatic Attaché at the Moroccan Embassy to United Nations.^[3]

She is the maternal first cousin and the paternal second cousin of King Mohammed VI; daughter of Prince Moulay Ali (a cousin of King Hassan II) and Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra, the eldest daughter of Mohammed V and the older half-sister of King Hassan II.^{[citation needed]}

She married to Iranian businessman Muhammad Reza Nouri Esfandiari (a relative of Princess Soraya, ex-Queen of Iran) in October 1986 and they have two children.^{[citation needed]}