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Name                         : Ahmed Aboutaleb  

Date of birth              : 29 August 1961  

Place of birth             : Beni Sidel (Morocco)  

Education                  : Institute of technology (telecommunications) - Bachelor degree  

Political career          :

• February 2007 – December 2008: State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment    
• 2004 – 2007: Amsterdam's municipal  executive as alderman   for Work and Income, Education, Youth, Diversity and Urban   Policy.   

Work experience      :

• 2002 – 2004: Director of the Social, Economic and Cultural Development Sector of the municipality of Amsterdam.    
• 1998 – 2002: Director of the FORUM Institute for Multicultural    Development.      
• 1997 – 1998: Manager of the Communications and Publications Sector at Statistics Netherlands (CBS).      
• 1994 – 1997: Head of information at the Social and Economic    Council (SER)      
• 1991 –  1994: Press officer at the Ministry of Welfare, Health and cultural Affairs.  
• Presenter for an educational television station (RVU), as a programme maker at Radio Stad Amsterdam and Radio Noord-Holland, and as a reporter for Veronica Radio, NOS Radio and RTL4 news.     
  

Other former activities:

• Member supervisory Board of the Mondriaan Education Group in The Hague    
• Member of the Education Council.    
• He helped to set up the Dutch Coalition for Peace in the Middle East    
• Member of the urban policy review committee    
• Member of the board of Babylon, a centre for multicultural   studies at the University of Tilburg.