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Ahmed Aboutaleb (born August 29, 1961) is a Moroccan-Dutch politician of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid; PvdA). He has been the Mayor of Rotterdam since January 5, 2009. He served as State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment from February 22, 2007, until December 12, 2008, in the Cabinet Balkenende IV. He is the first mayor of a large city in the Netherlands who is of both immigrant descent and the Muslim faith; Aboutaleb is of Riffian Berber ancestry and a dual citizen of both the Netherlands and Morocco. ==Early life and career == Ahmed Aboutaleb was born on 29 August 1961 in Beni Sidel in Morocco. He grew up as a son of a Berber(rif) Sunni imam in a small village in the Nador Province, Rif region. Together with his mother and brothers he moved to the Netherlands in 1976, when he was 15 years old. Aboutaleb had already noticed how he differed from other kids. As he says in an interview: 'I was so different, such a school dork. I wanted to learn, I wanted to know everything.' Aboutaleb then studied telecommunications at different schools up to the Hogere Technische School where he obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree. After graduating he found work as reporter for Veronica, NOS-radio and ''RTL Nieuws''. He also worked at the public relations department of the Dutch health ministry. In 1998, Aboutaleb became director of the ''Forum'' organisation, an institute dealing with multiculturalism in the Netherlands. He also obtained a post as civil servant with the municipality of Amsterdam. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ahmed Aboutaleb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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