Latifa Bennani-Smires
Latifa Bennani-Smires | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 1993–2012 | |
Latifa Bennani-Smires (
Arabic: لطيفة بناني سميرس) is a Moroccan politician. Alongside Badia Skalli, she became one of the first two women in the House of Representatives
when she was elected to parliament in 1993.
Biography
The head of the women's section of the Istiqlal Party,[1] Bennani-Smires was a candidate for the 1993 parliamentary and was one of two women elected to the House of Representatives, becoming the first women in the Parliament of Morocco.[2] She was re-elected in 1997, 2002 and 2007.[3] During her final term she served as chair of the Istiqlal group in the House of Representatives.[4]
References
- ^ Opposition narrowly wins power in Morocco BBC News, 15 November 1997
- ^ Susan Franceschet, Mona Lena Krook & Jennifer M. Piscopo (2012) The Impact of Gender Quotas p86
- ^ لطيفة بناني سميرس House of Representatives
- ^ Observation of the parliamentary elections in Morocco (25 November 2011) Council of Europe