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.
Latifa Bennani-Smires | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 1993–2012 | |
Biography
editThe 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
edit- ^ 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