What is Ahmed Aboutaleb?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Ahmed Aboutaleb<br/ >أحمد أبو طالب |image = Aboutaleb Dutch politician kabinet Balkenende IV.jpg |office = [[Mayor]] of [[Rotterdam]] |term_start = 5 January 2009 |term_end = 1 October 2024 |predecessor = [[Ivo Opstelten]] |successor = [[Carola Schouten]] |office1 = |office2 = Deputy minister social affairs and employment |term_start2 = 2007 |term_end2 = 2008 |office3 = [[Alderman]] of [[Amsterdam]] |term_start3 = 2004 |term_end3 = 2007 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|8|29|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Beni Sidel]], [[Morocco]] |nationality = [[Netherlands|Dutch]], Moroccan |party = [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] |alma_mater = [[vocational university]] <small>([[telecommunication]])</small> |occupation = Politician<br/ >civil servant<br/ >journalist }} '''Ahmed Aboutaleb''', [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: أحمد أبو طالب , (born August 29, 1961 in [[Beni Sidel]]) is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] politician of [[Morocco|Moroccan]] descent. He is a member of the [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] (PvdA) and former [[mayor]] of [[Rotterdam]]. Aboutaleb migrated to the Netherlands in 1976. He studied [[telecommunication]] and worked as a journalist and a civil servant. He was also director of Forum, an organisation aimed at [[multiculturalism|multicultural]] issues. From 2004 to 2007 he was an [[alderman]] of [[Amsterdam]] and from 2007 to 2008 deputy minister for social affairs and employment in the [[Fourth Balkenende cabinet]]. From January 2009 to October 2024 he was mayor of Rotterdam. Ahmed Aboutaleb is a [[Muslim]], and married with four children. == References == * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.parlement.com/9353000/1/j9vvhy5i95k8zxl/vhia2qep48vp Biography at Parlement.com] == Other websites == * [http://www.rotterdam.nl/burgemeesteraboutaleb Website of Rotterdam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107225046/http://www.rotterdam.nl/burgeme