Zoulikha Nasri (1945 – 16 December 2015) was a Moroccan politician. She was an advisor to King Mohammed VI and managing director of the

Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity The Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity ( ar, ) was established and inaugurated by The King of Morocco Mohammed VI in 1999 when he was prince. The foundation was recognized as a public utility entity under a Decree issued in July 1999. Under ...

. She was Morocco's first female royal advisor.

Biography

Nasri was born in

Oujda Oujda ( ar, وجدة; ber, ⵡⵓⵊⴷⴰ, Wujda) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco and has a population of about 558,000 people. It ...

, Morocco, a city in northeast Morocco, near the Algerian border, in 1935. After earning a Masters of Law at the Mohammed V University in Rabat, she enrolled in the National School of Administration, graduating in 1967 in finance and economics 3. Following graduation, she traveled to France to work in private law at the Institute of Insurance of Lyon. She then joined the Moroccan Ministry of Finance as an official. She rose through the ranks until her appointment in 1994, head of the Directorate of Insurance. In August 1997, she was appointed Secretary of State to the Minister of Social Affairs, in charge of the National Mutual Aid in Government Filali III 4. In 1998, she was called to join the royal cabinet as Counsellor of the sovereign in charge of social and economic affairs. She was appointed by the late King Hassan II. In 1999, she participated in creating the Mohammed V Solidarity Foundation, and was appointed Associate Director. She died in December 2015 in

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

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Moroccan politicians Mohammed V University alumni 1945 births 2015 deaths People from Oujda {{Morocco-politician-stub