Ahmed Aboutaleb

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ahmed Aboutaleb
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Aug 29, 1961(1961-08-29)
Age	63
Birthplace	Beni Sidel
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Birth City	Beni Sidel
Horoscope	Capricorn

Ahmed Aboutaleb Biography

Ahmed Aboutaleb is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on August 29, 1961 in Beni Sidel, Beni Sidel, Kingdom of the Netherlands. Ahmed Aboutaleb was born on 29 August 1961 in Beni Sidel in Morocco. He grew up as a son of a Riffian Berber Sunni imam in a small village in the Nador Province, Rif region. Together with his mother and brothers he moved to the Netherlands in 1976, when he was 15 years old. Aboutaleb had already noticed how he differed from other kids. As he says in an interview: ‘I was so different, such a school dork. I wanted to learn, I wanted to know everything.’

On 31 October 2008 Aboutaleb was appointed (in the Netherlands, mayors are not elected) Mayor of Rotterdam. He succeeded the former mayor, Ivo Opstelten on 5 January 2009. Jetta Klijnsma succeeded him as State Secretary. Aboutaleb, who came to the Netherlands from Morocco is the first mayor of a large city in the Netherlands who is of both immigrant origin and the Muslim faith. He is of Riffian Berber ancestry, and a dual citizen of the Netherlands and Morocco.

In January 2004, Aboutaleb succeeded the scandal-plagued Rob Oudkerk as alderman in Amsterdam. Labour Party leader Wouter Bos in his book Wat Wouter Wil (English: What Wouter wants ) said that if the Labour Party was involved in forming the next cabinet after the 2006 election, Aboutaleb would be offered a ministerial post. Aboutaleb himself claimed at the time he wanted to focus on his work as alderman and that it was “important first that the PvdA wins the election.”

Ahmed Aboutaleb Net Worth

Ahmed Aboutaleb is one of the richest Journalist from Kingdom of the Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ahmed Aboutaleb 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ahmed Aboutaleb (Berber languages: ⴰⵃⵎⴻⴷ ⴰⴱⵓⵟⴰⵍⴻⴱ ; Arabic: أحمد أبو طالب ‎; born 29 August 1961) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and journalist. He is the Mayor of Rotterdam since 5 January 2009.

After graduating he found work as reporter for Veronica TV, 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 multiculturalism in the Netherlands. He also obtained a post as civil servant with the municipality of Amsterdam.

Aboutaleb is also a great fan of poetry, especially Arabic poetry. He translated poetry of Adunis, the most famous living poet of the Arabic language, very little of whose work had been previously translated into Dutch. In June 2010, he presented a few of his translated poems in Arabic in Rotterdam during the festival, ‘Poetry International’.

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Who is Ahmed Aboutaleb Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Ahmed Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands. Ahmed Aboutaleb celebrates birthday on August 29 of every year.

Top Facts about Ahmed Aboutaleb

1. Ahmed Aboutaleb is the current mayor of Rotterdam.
2. He was born in Morocco and moved to the Netherlands at 15.
3. Aboutaleb is a member of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA).
4. He previously served as State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment.
5. In 2008, he became the first Muslim mayor of a major European city.
6. Aboutaleb has been praised for his tough stance on crime and radicalization.
7. He supports integration but also encourages immigrants to maintain their own culture.
8. Aboutaleb has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people.
9. He speaks five languages: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, and German.
10. Aboutaleb has faced criticism from some Muslims for his liberal views on religion and free speech.