Omar Jazouli
{{Short description|Moroccan politician (1945/46–2021)}}
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Omar Jazouli (1945/46 – 1 August 2021) was a Moroccan politician.
Biography
Jazouli became a member of parliament in 1977, and he was the President of the Association des élus locaux de l'Union Constitutionnelle (UC) as of 2001.{{cite book|author=Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux de l'Europe|title=Quel rôle pour les associations nationales de pouvoirs locaux|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2zPRXAf7gmgC&pg=PA71|access-date=3 November 2012|year=2001|publisher=Council of Europe|isbn=978-92-871-4780-6|page=71|language=French}} He became mayor of Marrakesh in 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAJA2526p046-048.xml4/|title=Omar Jazouli Marrakech en héritage |publisher=Jeune Afrique|date=9 June 2009|access-date=3 November 2012|language=French}} He served six years as mayor until he was defeated by Fatima-Zahra Mansouri, a then 33-year-old lawyer and daughter of a former assistant to the local authority chief in Marrakesh, by 35 votes to 54 in a municipal council vote in June 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-202221996.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525140019/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-202221996.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 May 2013|title=Morocco's Marrakech elects first woman mayor|publisher=Al Arabiya (Saudi Arabia) via HighBeam Research |date=21 June 2009|access-date=3 November 2012}} The Court found him guilty of embezzlement of funds and he was also accused of other offenses.{{cite web|url=http://www.leconomiste.com/article/897389-marrakechcour-des-comptesl-ex-maire-condamn-rembourser|title=Marrakech/Cour des comptes L'ex-maire condamné à rembourser |publisher=Le Economiste|date=8 August 2012|access-date=3 November 2012|language=French}}
He died from COVID-19 in Marrakesh at age 75 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco.[https://www.medias24.com/2021/08/01/deces-de-omar-jazouli-ancien-maire-de-marrakech/ Décès de Omar Jazouli ancien maire de Marrakech] {{in lang|fr}}
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Category:Mayors of places in Morocco
Category:Politicians from Marrakesh
Category:Politicians convicted of embezzlement
Category:Members of the Parliament of Morocco
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco
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