Nabilla Ait Daoud | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Flemish minister of Youth, Childcare, Environment and Animal Welfare | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Jan Jambon |
Personal details | |
Born | Antwerp, Belgium | 4 January 1977
Citizenship | Belgian |
Political party | N-VA |
Residence | Antwerp |
Nabilla Ait Daoud (born 4 January 1977) is a Belgian politician affiliated to the New Flemish Alliance party who is the deputy mayor of Antwerp and a member of the Flemish government serving as minister for childcare and animal welfare.
Ait Daoud graduated with a pharmacology degree in 1998 before working as an assistant in a pharmacy store. In 2005 she opened a sandwich shop in Antwerp. [1] [2] [3]
In 2012, she was elected as a municipal councillor in Antwerp for the N-VA and a year later was appointed by Bart De Wever as deputy mayor and an alderman for the city. [4] [5] [6] [7] During her time as an alderman, she planned to make Antwerp the first low emissions city in Belgium and despite coming from a Muslim background, has campaigned for a ban on non-stun slaughter in the city, arguing that “religion should not be a reason to make an animal suffer.” [8] [9] [10]
In 2014, she unsuccessfully stood for the N-VA during the 2014 European parliament election but in 2018 was reelected as a councilor in Antwerp and resumed her position as alderman. [11]
Since 2017, she has served as a board member for the Port Authority of Antwerp and as a director at the University of Antwerp. [12]
Media related to
Nabilla Ait Daoud at Wikimedia Commons
Nabilla Ait Daoud | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Flemish minister of Youth, Childcare, Environment and Animal Welfare | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Jan Jambon |
Personal details | |
Born | Antwerp, Belgium | 4 January 1977
Citizenship | Belgian |
Political party | N-VA |
Residence | Antwerp |
Nabilla Ait Daoud (born 4 January 1977) is a Belgian politician affiliated to the New Flemish Alliance party who is the deputy mayor of Antwerp and a member of the Flemish government serving as minister for childcare and animal welfare.
Ait Daoud graduated with a pharmacology degree in 1998 before working as an assistant in a pharmacy store. In 2005 she opened a sandwich shop in Antwerp. [1] [2] [3]
In 2012, she was elected as a municipal councillor in Antwerp for the N-VA and a year later was appointed by Bart De Wever as deputy mayor and an alderman for the city. [4] [5] [6] [7] During her time as an alderman, she planned to make Antwerp the first low emissions city in Belgium and despite coming from a Muslim background, has campaigned for a ban on non-stun slaughter in the city, arguing that “religion should not be a reason to make an animal suffer.” [8] [9] [10]
In 2014, she unsuccessfully stood for the N-VA during the 2014 European parliament election but in 2018 was reelected as a councilor in Antwerp and resumed her position as alderman. [11]
Since 2017, she has served as a board member for the Port Authority of Antwerp and as a director at the University of Antwerp. [12]
Media related to
Nabilla Ait Daoud at Wikimedia Commons