Nezha Chekrouni
Nezha Chekrouni | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of Morocco to Canada | |
| Assumed office 21 January 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Tangi |
| Delegate-Minister for the Moroccans Living Abroad | |
| In office 7 November 2002 – 8 October 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Lahcen Gaboune |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Ameur |
| Delegate-Minister for Women Conditions, Family and Children Protection | |
| In office 6 September 2000 – 7 November 2002 | |
| Preceded by | none – position created |
| Succeeded by | Yasmina Baddou (as Secretary of State for Family) |
| Secretary of State for the Handicapped | |
| In office 14 March 1998 – 6 September 2000 | |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | none – position created |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 Meknes, French Morocco |
| Political party | USFP |
| Occupation | Politician |
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. Dr. Chekrouni was professor of linguistics in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at the university of Meknes.