Nadia Naji

{{Short description|Belgian politician (born 1992)}}

{{Expand Dutch|topic=bio|Nadia Naji|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Nadia Naji

| office = Party Co-president of Groen with Jeremie Vaneeckhout

| image = Nadia Naji congres Code Groen 2023.jpg

| caption = Naji in 2023

| country = Belgium

| predecessor = Meyrem Almaci

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|02|02|df=y}}

| constituency1 = Brussels

| termstart1 = 2 July 2024

| birth_place = Brussels, Belgium

| party = Groen

| office1 = Member of the Flemish Parliament

| term_start = 11 june 2022

| website = {{URL|https://www.groen.be/nadia-naji}}

}}

Nadia Naji (born 2 February 1992) is a Belgian politician and co-president of Groen together with Jeremie Vaneeckhout.

Naji is of a Moroccan family. Before entering politics, she worked from 2017 to 2020 as a journalist for BRUZZ.{{cite news |title=Belgique : une Marocaine élue coprésidente de Groen |url=https://www.bladi.net/belgique-marocaine-copresidente-groen,93907.html |access-date=31 March 2024 |work=bladinet |language=fr |trans-title=Belgium: a Moroccan woman elected co-president of Groen}}

From January 2021 until April 2022 she worked as a staff member for Brussels regional deputies {{Ill|Arnaud Verstraete|nl}} and {{Ill|Juan Benjumea Moreno|nl}}. In April 2022 she became an advisor to Elke Van den Brandt, minister in the Brussels-Capital Region government.

On 11 June 2022 she was elected party co-president of Groen, together with Jeremie Vaneeckhout.{{Cite news |date=11 June 2022 |title=Groen heeft nieuw voorzittersduo |trans-title=Groen has a new chairman duo|work=VRT |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022/06/11/voorzittersverkiezingen-groen/|language=NL}}{{Cite news |date=13 June 2022 |title=De drie grote evenwichtsoefeningen voor Nadia Naji en Jeremie Vaneeckhout als ze succes willen boeken als voorzitters van Groen | trans-title=The three big balancing acts for Nadia Naji and Jeremie Vaneeckhout if they want to succeed as chairmen of Groen|work=Het Nieuwsblad |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20220612_97798206|language=NL}}

She was selected to be the main candidate for her party in the Brussels constituency for the 2024 Flemish Parliament elections.{{Cite news |date=9 Dec 2023 |title=Naji, Van den Brandt en Van der Straeten trekken groene lijst in Brussel |trans-title=Naji, Van den Brandt and Van der Straeten lead green list in Brussels|work=BRUZZ |url=https://www.bruzz.be/politiek/naji-van-den-brandt-en-van-der-straeten-trekken-groene-lijst-brussel-2023-12-09|language=NL}} She was elected a Member of the Flemish Parliament with 6122 preference votes.{{Cite web|url=https://elections2024.belgium.be/en/preference-votes?el=VL&id=VLC21004&party=27|title=Preference votes | Elections 2024|website=Federal Public Service Interior|accessdate=Jul 10, 2024}}

Naji married her partner of seven years on 1 April 2023; they had no guests at the ceremony in Karreveld Castle in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and honeymooned in Scandinavia.{{cite news |last1=Ver Berne |first1=Kat |title=Nadia Naji over geheim huwelijk: 'Het was een ode aan de liefde' |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20230425_95689973 |access-date=22 April 2024 |work=De Standaard |date=25 April 2023 |language=nl-BE |trans-title=Nadia Naji about secret marriage: 'It was an ode to love'}}