Leila Benali
Leila Benali | |
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Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development | |
Assumed office October 2021 | |
Chief Economist of the International Energy Forum | |
Assumed office 2021 | |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | Sciences Po |
Leila Benali is a Moroccan economist and politician. Since October 2021, she is 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 Arts in engineering. Besides she also received a Master of Arts in politics in Politics and a Ph.D. in economics from Sciences Po in Paris.[1] From 2002 to 2015 she lectured Energy Strategies at Sciences Po.[2]
Professional career[]
According to her LinkedIn profile she has been an industrial engineer for the oil services operator Schlumberger from 2000 to 2001[2][3] and directed the gas and energy policy for the Saudi Aramco between 2014 and 2018[2] before becoming the chief economist of APICORP in 2018[4] and was a member of the Global Future Council Member on mobility of the World Economic Forum from 2018 to 2021.[2] In March 2021, she was elected as the Chief Economist of the International Energy Forum in Riyadh.[5]
Political career[]
On the 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.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Leila Benali". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d "Leila Benali". LinkedIn. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Leila Benali". www.iccusksa.com. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ^ "Leila Benali". CERAWeek. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ^ Martin, Matthew (2021-03-07). "IEF Names Benali Chief Economist with Focus on Energy Recovery". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ^ Khattabi, Ayoub. "Qui est Leila Benali, la nouvelle ministre de la Transition énergétique et du Développement durable?". Le360.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-14.
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- Living people
- Women government ministers of Morocco
- Moroccan economists
- Sciences Po alumni
- École Centrale Paris alumni