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Fatima Zahra Mansouri (born 1976) is a Moroccan lawyer and politician of the Authenticity and Modernity party, and previously mayor of Marrakesh.〔 On 23 June 2009, backed by the Moroccan palace, which pressured political parties to counter the PJD thourgh alliances, she was chosen by the city council elected members in a controversial election, as mayor of Marrakesh. Contrary to some media reports she was not the first women to attain this position, but rose to this office among a dozen other women who were co-opted by Morocco's government, through quotas, funding and pressuring of city council members〔〔〔 Mansouri is a relative of Mohammed VI's friend, influential advisor and founder of the Authenticity and Modernity Party, Fouad Ali El Himma. Amidst the pressure of the Arab spring, Mansouri resigned the mayorship on 7 July 2011, but later retracted that decision ==Background== Fatima Zahra Mansouri was born in 1976 into a family of dignitaries from the Rhamna (region of Benguerir-Kelaa des Sraghna). Her maternal uncle is Colonel Abdallah Mansouri, and she is the grand daughter of Ahmed Mansouri who helped Caid Ayadi, an ally of France and Pasha Thami El Glaoui against Moroccans resisting colonisation. She is the daughter of Abderrahman Mansouri, who was pasha (deputy governor) of Marrakech for eight years〔 and the ambassador of Morocco to the United Arab Emirates. She was educated in French schools in Marrakesh. She studied law in France, influenced by her father from a young age, watching his arguments in court.〔 Mansouri started her career as a lawyer, founding a law firm that specializes in commercial and real estate transactions.〔 She served as a municipal counselor for the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM).〔 Additionally she is a relative of the founder of the party, the king's friend, Fouad Ali El Himma, being the cousin of his brother-in-law.〔 She is divorced and the mother of two children.〔 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「Fatima-Zahra Mansouri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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