Samia Ghali
| Samia Ghali | |
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| Member of the French Senate for Bouches-du-Rhône | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2008 | |
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10 June 1968 Marseille, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
Samia Ghali (born 1968) is a French Socialist Senator, representing the Bouches-du-Rhône department. She also serves as the Mayor of the 15th and 16th arrondissements of Marseille.
Early life
Samia Ghali was born on June 10, 1968 in Marseille, in the South of France.[1][2][3] She grew up in Bassens and Campagne Lévêque, two council estates in Marseille, where she was raised by her Algerian-born grandparents.[2][3]
She received a Certificat d'Aptitude Professionnelle (CAP), or professional certificate, as a secretary and accountant.[3]
Career
Ghali became active in politics at the age of sixteen.[3] She became a city councillor of Marseille in 2001.[2]
Since 2008, she has served as a Senator for Bouches-du-Rhône.[1][2] She also serves as the Mayor of the 15th and 16th arrondissements of Marseille.[1][2]
In 2012, she suggested the French Army should be sent to the neighbourhoods of Northern Marseille to put an end to drug-trafficking.[3] In June 2015, her own chauffeur was arrested by the French police in a drug-trafficking raid in La Castellane.[4] She said she was "shocked" and "astounded".[4]
Personal life
Her second husband is Franck Dumontel, a political administrator.[2] She has four children.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 French Senate
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pauline Pelissier, QUI EST SAMIA GHALI, LA "MARIANNE DES QUARTIERS NORD DE MARSEILLE" ?, Grazia, October 14, 2013
- 1 2 3 4 5 Marseille: Samia Ghali, une "vie de misère", L'Express, October 14, 2013
- 1 2 Samia Ghali, «stupéfaite» après l’arrestation de son chauffeur, Libération, June 15, 2015
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