Leila Benali
Leila Benali is a Moroccan engineer, economist and politician. Since October 2021 she has been the Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development. Education and academic career 
She studied engineering at the Ecole Central de Paris and Ecole Mohammadia School and obtained a Master of Science in engineering. Besides she also received a Master of Arts in politics in Politics and a PhD in economics from Sciences Po in Paris. From 2002 to 2015 she lectured Energy Strategies at Sciences Po. Professional career 
According to her LinkedIn profile she was an industrial engineer for the oil services operator Schlumberger from 2000 to 2001. Between 2002 and 2013, she worked for energy and defense research and consulting firm Cambridge Energy Research Associates, later IHS and S&P Platts. During this period, she worked on projects for governments and international companies, focusing on energy policy, master planning and strategic investment. Notable roles and achievements during this period included managing a high-level assignment for a government, focused on developing a roadmap and optimizing fuel/energy supply in a sensitive geopolitical environment. She also led a study entitled "Thirst for Growth" on long-term gas and electricity trends in the MENA region. In addition, she held a key position in institutional analysis for a major oil and gas producer during its energy sector review. She was a key member of IHS CERA's contribution to the development of a national economic strategy in Libya, while maintaining ongoing liaison with OPEC (IHS CERA was one of six secondary sources used by OPEC to monitor its members' crude oil production). Between 2014 and 2018 she directed the gas and energy policy for the Saudi Aramco before becoming the chief economist of APICORP in 2018. She was a member of the Global Future Council Member on mobility of the World Economic Forum from 2018 to 2021. In March 2021, she was elected as the Chief Economist of the International Energy Forum in Riyadh. Political career 
On 7 October 2021 she was appointed as the Moroccan Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development in the Government headed by Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch. As such she supports a better regional energy cooperation of Morocco within Africa but also with Europe. References 

Living people
Women government ministers of Morocco
Moroccan economists
Sciences Po alumni
École Centrale Paris alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Moroccan women politicians
21st-century Moroccan politicians