Morocco World News with agencies
New York, February 10, 2012
Fathallah Sijilmassi, Director of the Moroccan investment promotion agency (AMDI), was unanimously elected, on Friday in Brussels, as Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM).
Sijilmassi succeeds to his countryman Youssef Amrani who was appointed in the current Moroccan government as Minister Delegate to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
He holds a PhD in economics, being Graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Grenoble, France. Nn 22 November 2004, he was appointed Morocco’s ambassador to France, a position he held until December 2008.
Upon his return to Morocco, King Mohammed VI appointed him in July 2, 2009 Director of the Moroccan Agency for Investment Development.
Previously, F. Sijilmassi was Ambassador, Head of Mission of Morocco to the European Communities. He was also ambassador of Morocco in charge of the Barcelona Process and the Mediterranean Dialogue of NATO. Within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, he was Director of Multilateral Cooperation (1999-2000) and Director of European Affairs (2001-2003).
