Enaam Mayara (Arabic: النعم ميارة; born 1968) is a Moroccan Sahrawi politician and trade unionist who served as president of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the Parliament of Morocco. He is the president of the General Union of Moroccan Workers (UGTM), a trade union affiliated with the Istiqlal Party.[1] Mayara also serves at the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.
Enaam Mayara | |
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النعم ميارة | |
 Mayara in 2022 | |
| President of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 9 October 2021 – 12 October 2024 | |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Ould Errachid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Smara, Spanish Sahara |
| Political party | Istiqlal Party |
| Children | 2 |
Early life and education
editMayara was born in 1968 in Smara, he is a Sahrawi from the Reguibat tribe.[2][3] He studied in Tan-Tan and graduated from the Hassan-II Agronomic and Veterinary Institute (IAV Hassan-II) in Rabat with an engineering degree and worked as a landscape gardener.[4][5][6]
Political and unionist career
editMayara began working as a civil servant in 1991, he was the head of green zones and parks in the urban commune of Laayoune until 2009.[4][1] In 1996, he was elected general secretary of a local labor union, the National Federation of Workers in the Territorial Communities of the province of Laayoune, an organization affiliated with the UGTM.[1][6]
On behalf of the labor union, he was elected member of the Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra regional council from 1997 to 2015.[1][6] Mayara also served as regional coordinator of the Istiqlal Youth for the southern provinces and as a member of the Istiqlal Youth Central Committee.[1] He was also a member of the Istiqlal Party's National Council for three consecutive terms, and has been a member of its Executive Committee since 2014.[1][6]
Mayara held several positions in the UGTM, rising through the ranks from the president of its regional office in Laayoune to being a member of its political bureau before joining its standing committee in 2014.[1] On May 7, 2017, he was elected president of the UGTM, succeeding Hamid Chabat.[7] Mayara spent three consecutive terms as a deputy in the House of Councillors representing the UGTM from 2009 to 2021.[1][6] He was named president of the House of Councillors on October 9, 2021.[8][1]
In May 2023, during an Istiqlal Party rally, he qualified the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla as "colonized territories" and suggested they be "recovered" to Morocco "through negociation, without resorting to arms" and that the cities "wouldn't succumb to blackmail".[9][10] This sparked outrage and condemnation among Spanish political parties, notably from the right-wing People's Party and Vox.[11]
Personal life
editMayara is married with two children.[1] He is the son-in-law of Moulay Hamdi Ould Errachid.[12][8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Qui est Naam Miyara, le nouveau président de la Chambre des conseillers ?". Le Matin.ma (in French). 2021-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ Cembrero, Ignacio (2023-04-09). "El presidente del Senado marroquí insta a sus compatriotas a entrar en la política española para favorecer a Rabat". El Confidential (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ "Liste des élus de la région Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra ayant signé la pétition pour la reconduction des accords Maroc-UE" (PDF). 2019-01-11.
- ^ a b Chidmi, Nour Dine; Machloukh, Anass. "Interview avec Enaam Mayara : L'UGTM intransigeante sur la hausse des salaires (vidéo)". L'Opinion (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ ماموني العلوي, محمد. "النعم ميارة.. صحراوي مغربي يُضفي على مهامّه ثقلاً نوعياً". Al Arab.
- ^ a b c d e "H.E. Sen. ENAAM MAYARA". Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.
- ^ "Enâam Mayara, nouveau secrétaire général de l'UGTM, Chabat perd son bastion". Medias24. 2017-05-07.
- ^ a b "Le président de la chambre des conseillers, Enaâm Mayara, un syndicaliste meilleur allié du gouvernement et du patronat". Maghreb Intelligence (in Arabic). 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ "Ceuta and Melilla spark standoff between Head of Morocco's House of Councillors and Spanish Defense Minister". HESPRESS English. 2023-04-10. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ "Enaam Mayara jette un pavé dans la mare des relations hispano-marocaines". Le Desk (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ Bousmid, Rym. "Nouvelle passe d'armes maroco-espagnole autour de Ceuta et Melilla". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ Iraqi, Fahd. "Maroc : les Ould Errachid, la fratrie dynastique de Laayoune". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-27.