Leila Benali

Leila Benali is a Moroccan economist and politician. Since October 2021, she is the Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development.

Leila Benali
Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development
Assumed office
October 2021
Chief Economist of the International Energy Forum
Assumed office
2021
Personal details
Alma materSciences Po

Education and academic career

She studied engineering at the Ecole Central de Paris and Ecole Mohammadia School and obtained a Master of Arts in engineering. Besides she also received a Master of Arts in politics in Politics and a Ph.D. in economics from Sciences Po in Paris.[1] From 2002 to 2015 she lectured Energy Strategies at Sciences Po.[2]

Professional career

According to her LinkedIn profile she has been an industrial engineer for the oil services operator Schlumberger from 2000 to 2001[2][3] and directed the gas and energy policy for the Saudi Aramco between 2014 and 2018[2] before becoming the chief economist of APICORP in 2018.[4] She was a member of the Global Future Council Member on mobility of the World Economic Forum from 2018 to 2021.[2] In March 2021, she was elected as the Chief Economist of the International Energy Forum in Riyadh.[5]

Political career

On the 7 October 2021, she was appointed as the Moroccan Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development in the Government headed by Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch.[6] As such she supports a better regional energy cooperation of Morocco within Africa but also with Europe.[7]

References
  1. "Leila Benali". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2021-10-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Leila Benali". LinkedIn. Retrieved 14 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Leila Benali". www.iccusksa.com. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  4. "Leila Benali". CERAWeek. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  5. Martin, Matthew (2021-03-07). "IEF Names Benali Chief Economist with Focus on Energy Recovery". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  6. Khattabi, Ayoub. "Qui est Leila Benali, la nouvelle ministre de la Transition énergétique et du Développement durable?". Le360.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Morocco Telegraph | Leila Benali: "Morocco is aiming to consolidate regional integration in Africa in order to ensure that everyone has access to renewable energy,"". Morocco Telegraph. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
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