Samia Ghali

Samia Ghali (pronounced [samɪa ɣalɪ]) (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.

Samia Ghali
Member of the French Senate
for Bouches-du-Rhône
Assumed office
1 October 2008
Personal details
Born (1968-06-10) 10 June 1968
Marseille, France
NationalityFrench
Political partySocialist Party
Spouse(s)Franck Dumontel
Children4

Early life

Samia Ghali was born on 10 June 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. français, Sénat. "Mme Samia Ghali, sénatrice des Bouches-du-Rhône (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) - Sénat". www.senat.fr. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  2. Pauline Pelissier, QUI EST SAMIA GHALI, LA "MARIANNE DES QUARTIERS NORD DE MARSEILLE" ?, Grazia, October 14, 2013
  3. Marseille: Samia Ghali, une "vie de misère", L'Express, October 14, 2013
  4. Samia Ghali, «stupéfaite» après l’arrestation de son chauffeur, Libération, June 15, 2015
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