Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui

Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui (born 1962, as Sharifa only) is a Moroccan diplomat who served as the country's Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2016 and to the United States from 2016 to 2023.

Lalla Joumala Alaoui
Ambassador of Morocco to the United States
In office October 2016 – October 2023
Preceded by	Rachad Bouhlal
Succeeded by	Youssef Amrani
Ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom
In office 21 January 2009 – 2016
Preceded by	Mohammed Belmahi
Succeeded by	Abdesselam Aboudrar
Personal details
Born	1962 (age 63–64) Rabat, Morocco
Spouse	Mohammad Reza Nouri Esfandiari
Relations	Mohamed Jaouad Laraki (ex-husband)
Children	Lalla Nezha Laraki
Parent(s)	Prince Moulay Ali Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra
Alma mater	Oriental Institute, Oxford
Occupation	Diplomat
Website	Moroccan Embassy in London

Early life

Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui was educated at the Mission laïque française of Rabat then at the University of Oxford Faculty of Oriental Studies, where she graduated with a Bachelor in law. After, she settled in Casablanca, where she became active in some of the city's NGOs.

For a brief period in 1999–2000, she was diplomatic attaché at the Moroccan Embassy to United Nations.

She is the President of the Moroccan-British Society.

Honours

Awards

• USA :
  • Honored Citizen of Dallas (15 November 2017).
  • Ambassador of the year 2023 by the National U.S.–Arab Chamber of Commerce [NUSACC] (11 December 2023).

She is a member of the Metropolitan Club of Washington DC, and a member of the Cosmos Club.

See also

• Princess Lalla Aicha of Morocco (her aunt), also Ambassador to the United Kingdom in the 1960s.

External links

• Embassy of Morocco to The Court of Saint James’s