Nabila Mounib
Nabila Mounib | |
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| General Secretary of the Unified Socialist Party | |
| Assumed office 16 January 2012[1] | |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Moujahid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 February 1960[2] Casablanca, Morocco |
| Political party | Unified Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | Mohammed V University, Montpellier 2 University |
Nabila Mounib, born in 1960 in Casablanca, is a university professor and Moroccan politician. She is the current General Secretary of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU) and the first woman elected at the head of a Moroccan party.[3]
Biography
Born in 1960 in Casablanca, Nabila Mounib is a Moroccan politician affiliated to the Unified Socialist Party. On 16 January 2012, she has been elected general secretary of her party and became the first Moroccan woman elected to head a political party.[4]
She is also a professor of endocrinology at the University of Hassan II Casablanca and regional secretary of the National Union of Higher Education.[5] She holds a Ph.D. in endocrinology from the University of Montpellier.[6]
Political Action
In 1985, when she was preparing her doctoral thesis in France, she was active in the Youth of Democratic Students, then joined the Organization for Freedom of Information and Expression (OLIE) and the Organization of The popular Democratic Action (OADP) which became, after merger with other formations of the left, the Unified Socialist Party.[7][8]
During the constitutional referendum in 2011, she called on her political movement and the Democratic Left Alliance for a boycott, saying that the constitution was not democratic given that it maintains most of the powers in the hands of the sovereign and does not assure a real separation of powers. She calls for a boycott of the 2011 legislative elections as well.
Questioned by the Moroccan magazine TelQuel in November 2012, she said that her short-term project is the unification of the left forces into a progressive democratic federalism.[9] In August 2013, at the outbreak of the Daniel Galván scandal, she was among the first to react by openly criticizing the royal grace and considering that "the decision to grant it (royal grace) to the pedophile Daniel Galvan is unacceptable and should be revoked as soon as possible".[10][11]
During the political crisis between Morocco and Sweden, following a Swedish bill to recognize the Sahrawi Republic, Nabila Mounib chaired a Moroccan delegation in Stockholm, composed of left-wing parties (PSU, PPS, USFP ..), between 4 and 7 November 2015, with a view to finding a solution to the crisis.[12] In January 2016, Swedish public television SVT announced that the Swedish government had renounced its plan to recognize the independent Sahara.[13]
References
- ^ https://www.franceinter.fr/personnes/nabila-mounib
- ^ http://lejournaldetangernews.com/news.php?extend.4501
- ^ http://lnt.ma/nabila-mounib-la-femme-qui-ne-mache-pas-ses-mots/
- ^ From the TV program "Daif Assaa" on radio Aswat : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXqpZu3dmuI
- ^ http://telquel.ma/2012/05/22/Reportage-Dans-la-peau-de-Nabila-Mounib_516_2005
- ^ https://www.franceinter.fr/personnes/nabila-mounib
- ^ http://lnt.ma/entretien-avec-mme-nabila-mounib-secretaire-generale-du-psu-ma-victoire-est-celle-de-toutes-les-femmes/
- ^ http://www.maghress.com/fr/lesoir/37918
- ^ http://telquel.ma/2012/11/05/Nabila-Mounib-Pour-une-gauche-unie_543_4935
- ^ http://lnt.ma/nabila-mounib-la-femme-qui-ne-mache-pas-ses-mots/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CVPyFKAWZc&t=1094s
- ^ http://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/270972/politique/maroc-nabila-mounib-lemissaire-rouge-de-sa-majeste-au-chevet-des-relations-avec-la-suede/
- ^ http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2016/01/14/97001-20160114FILWWW00383-la-suede-renonce-a-reconnaitre-le-sahara-occidental.php
External links
- http://psu.ma/fr/ (Official website in French of The Unified Socialist Party)
