Asmaa Rhlalou, candidate of the RNI elected this Friday, September 24, mayor of Rabat, after winning 58 votes out of the 81 in the city council.
Supported by an alliance formed by four political parties, including RNI, PAM, PI, and MP, Asmaa Rhlalou won at the end of the poll, which took place without major incident, unlike the first voting session, held on Monday, September 20.
Three candidates were in the running for the presidency of the city council of Rabat, including Asmaa Rhlalou of RNI, Hassan Lachgar of USFP, son of Driss Lachgar, and Badia Bennani of PJD.
PJD candidate Badiaa Bennani had 8 votes, while USFP candidate Hassan Lachgar had 7 votes, and 6 elected officials preferred to abstain.
Asmaa Rhlalou then becomes the first woman to lead the administrative capital of the Kingdom.
Asmaa Rhlalou is a politician since 2016, and a member of the Committee on Finance and Economic Development.
Rhlalou is a former Member of Parliament (2016-2021), journalist, and Ph.D. holder in economics from the University of Perpignan in France.
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