Omar Jazouli
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Omar Jazouli (1945/46 – 1 August 2021) was a Moroccan politician.
Biography
Jazouli became a member of parliament in 1977, and he was the President of the Association des élus locaux de l'Union Constitutionnelle (UC) as of 2001.[1] He became mayor of Marrakesh in 2003.[2] He served six years as mayor until he was defeated by Fatima-Zahra Mansouri, a then 33-year-old lawyer and daughter of a former assistant to the local authority chief in Marrakesh, by 35 votes to 54 in a municipal council vote in June 2009.[3] The Court found him guilty of embezzlement of funds and he was also accused of other offenses.[2][4]
He died from COVID-19 in Marrakesh at age 75 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco.[5]
References
- ^ Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux de l'Europe (2001). Quel rôle pour les associations nationales de pouvoirs locaux (in French). Council of Europe. p. 71. ISBN 978-92-871-4780-6. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Omar Jazouli Marrakech en héritage" (in French). Jeune Afrique. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Morocco's Marrakech elects first woman mayor". Al Arabiya (Saudi Arabia) via HighBeam Research. 21 June 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Marrakech/Cour des comptes L'ex-maire condamné à rembourser" (in French). Le Economiste. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ Décès de Omar Jazouli ancien maire de Marrakech (in French)
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