Fadila_Khattabi
Fadila Khattabi
French politician
Fadila Khattabi (born 23 February 1962) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Secretary of State in charge of People with Disabilities in the government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal since 2023.[1] She was a member of the French National Assembly from the 2017 elections, representing Côte-d'Or.[2][3]
Fadila Khattabi | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State in charge of People with Disabilities | |
| Assumed office 20 July 2023 | |
| President | Emmanuel Macron |
| Prime Minister | Élisabeth Borne Gabriel Attal |
| Preceded by | Geneviève Darrieussecq |
| President of the Social Affairs Committee | |
| In office 22 July 2020 – 20 July 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Brigitte Bourguignon |
| Succeeded by | Charlotte Lecocq |
| Member of the National Assembly for Côte-d'Or's 3rd constituency | |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 20 July 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Kheira Bouziane |
| Succeeded by | Phillipe Frei |
| Member of the Regional council of Burgundy | |
| In office 2004–2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-02-23) 23 February 1962 (age 62) Montbéliard, France |
| Political party | La République En Marche! |
| Education | University of Burgundy |
| Occupation | English teacher |
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Khattabi was born in Montbéliard and is the daughter of Algerian immigrants.[4][5] She studied English in Dijon, and later became an English teacher.
Career in local politics
Khattabi was elected to the Burgundy Regional Council in 2004 and was re-elected in 2010.[6]
Khattabi stepped down from politics in 2015 during the regional elections, after trying to mount a dissident socialist list associated with the MoDem.
Member of the National Assembly, 2017–present
On 24 May 2017 Khattabi launched her campaign for the National Assembly for La République En Marche![7] She came first in the first round of the ballot, garnering 32% of the votes. She also won in the second round, earning 65.32% of the votes, defeating her National Front opponent Jean-François Bathelier.[8] She was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017.[9] She was re-elected in the 2022 French legislative election.
In the National Assembly, Khattabi sat on the Committee on Social Affairs, which she chaired from 2020 to 2023.[10] She was the President of the France-Algeria Friendship Group.[11]
- Ambre Xerri (21 July 2023), Remaniement : nommée ministre du Handicap, la députée Fadila Khattabi sous la menace d’une polémique Le Figaro.
- "Mme Fadila Khattabi". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- Guillaume Descours (20 June 2017), La diversité progresse à l'Assemblée nationale Le Figaro.
- "France : sept députés d'origine maghrébine élus, une " diversité " très relative — TSA". 19 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- Guillaume Descours (20 June 2017), La diversité progresse à l'Assemblée nationale Le Figaro.
- "Qui est Fadila Khattabi, la nouvelle députée de la 3e circonscription de Côte-d'Or ?". france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- "3e circonscription : Fadila Khattabi (LRM) lance sa campagne à Dijon". Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- "Commission des affaires sociales". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- "Composition du groupe d'amitié France-Algérie". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2017.