Othman El Ferdaous | |
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Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports | |
In office 6 April 2020 – 7 October 2021 | |
Monarch | Mohammed VI of Morocco |
Prime Minister | Saad-Eddine El Othmani |
Preceded by | Hassan Abyaba |
Succeeded by | Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid |
Personal details | |
Born | Tafraout, Morocco | January 13, 1979
Citizenship | Moroccan |
Othman El Ferdaous (Arabic: عتمان الفردوس, born January 13, 1979), is a Moroccan politician. He has been the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports from 6 April 2020 until 7 October 2021.[1][2][3]
Between 2008 and 2016, Othman El Ferdaous worked at Mena Media Consulting as "director in charge of mission".[4] The company was involved in social media surveillance in Morocco,[5] and was actively "listing and profiling activists writing on blogs and social media platforms".[6]
Biography
Othman El Ferdaous is from Tafraout, he is married and father of 2 children[citation needed] and his father Abdellah Ferdaous was a former entrepreneur, politician and president of the famous football club Raja de Casablanca.[citation needed]
After obtaining his baccalauréat from Lycée Lyautey in Casablanca in 1997,[citation needed] he joined the Audencia Business School in Nantes to obtain a management diploma in 2003.[7][8]
Between 2003 and 2006, Othman El Ferdaous worked as a consulting auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Paris in the banking and financial sector. At the same time, he obtained a master's degree in journalism from Sciences Po Paris in 2008 and an executive master's degree in 2016 from the ENA cycle of higher European studies, promotion Ursula Von Der Leyen.[9]
References
- ^ "Gouvernement : Othman El Ferdaous fait son come-back | Challenge.ma". www.challenge.ma. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Maroc : petit à petit, Othman El Ferdaous fait son nid – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Morocco Unveils New Government, Ministerial Appointments". www.moroccoworldnews.com. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ "Biographie. Othmane El Ferdaous, un journaliste et twitto au gouvernement". Le360. 7 April 2017.
- ^ "CONFIDENTIEL". TelQuel. Vol. 508. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Cybersurveillance. Au Maroc, les yeux du pouvoir font aussi les profits de sociétés européennes". L'humanité. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Othmane El Ferdaous, un intello au gouvernement". Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-03.(subscription required)
- ^ "Un diplômé d'Audencia devenu ministre". newsroom.audencia.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Qui est Othman El Ferdaous, nouveau ministre de la Culture, de la jeunesse et des sports". Le Matin (Press release) (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-03.