Khadija Arib
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Khadija Arib in 2015
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| Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
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Assumed office 13 January 2016 |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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Assumed office 1 March 2007 |
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Khadija Arib 10 October 1960 Hedami, Morocco |
| Nationality | Dutch, Moroccan |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Nordine Dahhan |
| Residence | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam (M.Sc., Sociology) |
| Occupation | Politician, civil servant, educator, social worker |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Website | (Dutch) Labour Party website |
Khadija Arib (Arabic: خديجة عريب; born 10 October 1960) is a Moroccan-Dutch politician of the Labour Party. She has been Member of the House of Representatives in the Netherlands since 2007 and its Speaker since 2016.
Khadija Arib was born on 10 October 1960 in Hedami near Casablanca in Morocco. She came to the Netherlands when she was 15 years old.
Arib studied sociology at the University of Amsterdam.
Before her political career, she was a civil servant, educator and social worker.
Arib is a member of the Dutch Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA) and has been a Member of Parliament from 19 May 1998 to 29 November 2006 and since 1 March 2007.
As an MP, she focussed on matters of racism, discrimination control, women's abuse, domestic violence and youth care. While in the House of Representatives, she has been fiercely criticised (mainly by members of the far-right Party for Freedom) for her dual citizenship and for her part in an advisory committee to the King of Morocco. In 2012, she made an unsuccessful attempt to become Speaker and became First Deputy Speaker instead. She was elected Speaker in an interim election on 13 January 2016, defeating three other candidates.
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