Rajae Maouane

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Rajae Maouane

Rajae Maouane (born July 3, 1989) is a Belgian politician who serves as co-president of Ecolo.

Biography[]

Rajae Maouane was born on July 3, 1989 in Uccle to a family of Moroccan Belgians. Her father was a laborer and her mother was a homemaker.[1] Maouand completed her secondary studies in Laeken was passionate about football.[2]

During her studies at the Institut supérieur for social training and communications,[3] Maouane worked as an press secretary and project manager for the Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company. After her university studies in communications, Maouane worked for the satirical newspaper Pan.

Political life[]

Maouane's first contacts with the political sphere began when she served as for the press service for Ecolo. From 2013 to 2018, Maouane served as an assistant to Sarah Turine, échevin of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, where she also served as political co-secretary.

Since 2016, Maouane has served as the co-president for the Brussels regional branch of Ecolo. Additionally, she was elected to the Communal Council of Molenbeek in December 2018 and to the Brussels-Capital Region Parliament in the 2019 Belgian regional elections. As a member of the Brussels Regional Parliament, Maouane also has a seat in the Parliament of the French Community of Belgium.[3]

For the 2019 Brussels regional elections, Maouane was designated fourth on the Ecolo party list. Maouane was elected to the fourth spot on the list with 4,297 votes.[4]

In August 2019, Maouane declared her candidacy as co-president of Ecolo with  [fr].[1] At the party's general assembly in Namur, Maouane and Nollet received 92% of votes.[5] Upon her election as co-president, she resigned her posts in the Brussels and French Community Parliaments. She was succeeded in both offices by  [fr].[6]

Controversy[]

in 2021, Maouane was accused of inciting antisemitism after sharing a picture and song on Instagram displaying a Palestinian fighter with a slingshot. The accompanying song, “Wein Al Malayeen”, asks the Arab nations unite against Israel. Maouane contested the accusation, claiming the post was a call for justice and an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. [7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Rajae Maouane, le pari d'une Ecolo sociale mais pas bobo". Le Soir Plus (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  2. ^ "Jean-Marc Nollet-Rajae Maouane, seul duo à se présenter à la coprésidence d'Ecolo". Lavenir.net (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  3. ^ a b "Rajae Maouane, jeune élue molenbeekoise éprise de justice sociale". Site-LeVif-FR. 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  4. ^ "Portrait de députée: Rajae Maouane, Molenbeek dans la peau". Édition digitale de Bruxelles (in French). 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  5. ^ "Jean-Marc Nollet et Rajae Maouane élus à la coprésidence d'Ecolo avec 92% des suffrages". Le Soir (in French). 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  6. ^ "Margaux De Ré (Ecolo), la députée inattendue". Édition digitale de Bruxelles (in French). 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  7. ^ "Belgian Green leader accused of inciting antisemitism in the wake of the conflict between Israel and Hamas". 2021-05-14.

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