Fatima Marouan
{{short description|Moroccan politician and physician}}
Fatima Marouan, also Fatema Marouane, (born 1952) is a Moroccan physician, business executive and politician. From 2002 to 2005, she headed the Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases unit of the Ibn Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=49764805&privcapId=47112351&previousCapId=106884418&previousTitle=Uteron%20Pharma%20SPRL|title=Fatima Marouan |publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=16 October 2018 |language=}} More recently, under the government of Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, from October 2013 to April 2017 she has served as Minister of Crafts and Social Economy as a member of the National Rally of Independents.{{cite web|url=http://www.mapexpress.ma/actualite/activite-gouvernementale/biographie-de-mme-fatema-marouane-ministre-de-lartisanat-de-leconomie-sociale-et-solidaire/|title=Biographie de Mme Fatema Marouane : ministre de l'Artisanat, de l'Economie sociale et solidaire|publisher=MAP Express|date=10 October 2013|access-date=16 October 2018 |language=French}}
Biography
Born in 1952 in Benslimane to the east of Casablanca, Fatima Maroun studied medicine at the University of Lyon. She became a professor and researcher in Casablanca University's Department of Medicine and Pharmacy. Specializing in endocrinology and nutritional disorders, she headed the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Nutrition at the Ibn Rochd Hospital in Casablanca. Maroun is a member of the Moroccan commission on combating diabetes.{{cite web|url=http://www.maroc.ma/ar/system/files/biographie_de_mme_fatema_marouane_ministre_de_lartisanat_de_leconomie_sociale_et_solidaire.pdf|title=Biographie de Mme Fatema Marouane: ministre de l'Artisanat, de l'Economie sociale et solidaire|publisher=Royaume du Maroc|access-date=17 October 2018 |language=French}} She went on to head Smedian (Société marocaine d’endocrinologie, diabétologie et nutrition).{{cite web|url=https://www.bladi.net/fatima-marouan-37897.html|title=Fatima Marouanbladi.net|publisher=|access-date=17 October 2018 |language=}} Fatima Marouan has contributed to several scientific publications.{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2020624675_Fatima_Marouan|title=Fatima Marouan's scientific contributions|publisher=Research Gate|access-date=17 October 2018 |language=}}
On the political front, as a member of the National Rally of Independents party, she took part in the development of health and education plans. From October 2013 to April 2017, she served as Minister of Crafts and Social Economy (ministre de l’Artisanat, de l’économie sociale et solidaire).
Maroun is also a board member of the Casablanca Chicago Sister Cities Association. She is trilingual, speaking Arabic, French and English.{{cite web|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2013/10/108423/profile-of-fatema-marouane-minister-of-handicrafts-social-economy-and-solidarity/|title=Profile of Fatema Marouane, Minister of Handicrafts, Social Economy and Solidarity|author=Fouzar, Loubna|publisher=Morocco World News|date=11 October 2013|access-date=17 October 2018 |language=}} A member of the scientific board of Destination Santé S.A.S, she has also worked for Casablanca's California Cardiology Clinic.
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