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
Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...
.
More recently, under the government of Prime Minister
Abdelilah Benkirane
Abdelilah Benkirane (, born 1954) is a Moroccan politician who was the Prime Minister of Morocco from November 2011 to March 2017. After having won a plurality of seats in the 2011 parliamentary election, his party, the moderate Islamist Justi ...
, 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.
Biography
Born in 1952 in
Benslimane
Benslimane () is a Moroccan city and the capital of Benslimane Province, Casablanca-Settat.
History
The city was founded by the French in 1907 during the campaign of Morocco, the military establishment was followed by the construction of a ...
to the east of
Casablanca
Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...
, Fatima Maroun studied medicine at the
University of Lyon
The University of Lyon ( , or UdL) is a university system ( ''ComUE'') based in Lyon, France. It comprises 12 members and 9 associated institutions. The 3 main constituent universities in this center are: Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, which f ...
. She became a professor and researcher in
Casablanca University's Department of Medicine and Pharmacy. Specializing in
endocrinology
Endocrinology (from ''endocrine system, endocrine'' + ''wikt:-logy#Suffix, -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the ...
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
Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough of the hormone insulin, or the cells of th ...
.
She went on to head Smedian (Société marocaine d’endocrinologie, diabétologie et nutrition).
Fatima Marouan has contributed to several scientific publications.
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.] A member of the scientific board of Destination Santé S.A.S, she has also worked for Casablanca's California Cardiology Clinic.[
Fatima Maroun is married and has two children.][
]
References
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1952 births
People from Casablanca
21st-century Moroccan scientists
21st-century Moroccan women scientists
Moroccan women physicians
Endocrinologists
Moroccan physicians
21st-century Moroccan women politicians
21st-century Moroccan politicians
University of Lyon alumni
Academic staff of the University of Hassan II Casablanca
Living people