Ahmed Aboutaleb (born 1961 in Beni Sidel, Morocco) is a Dutch-Moroccan politician who served as Mayor of Rotterdam from 2009 to 2024, the first mayor of immigrant and Muslim background to lead a major Dutch city. Before that he was an alderman in Amsterdam and State Secretary for Social Affairs in the Balkenende IV cabinet. In 2021 the City Mayors Foundation named him World Mayor; since leaving office he has been active as a public speaker and author of his memoir 'Thuis'.
Aboutaleb gives a lecture and book presentation on November 1, 2026 at Cultuurpodium Dorpskerk Huizum in Leeuwarden, exactly fifty years after his arrival in the Netherlands.
TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht announces a lecture by Aboutaleb about his memoirs 'Thuis' on October 24, 2026.
Aboutaleb delivers the Magister Alvinus lecture on January 30, 2026 in the Martinikerk in Sneek, about leadership and the development of young people in a diverse society.
Aboutaleb appeared as a keynote speaker at the Day of the City 2025 in Enschede, together with, among others, David Van Reybrouck and Nora Akachar.
On October 4, 2025, Aboutaleb presented his autobiography 'Thuis' at Plein in Fenix on Katendrecht in Rotterdam, with performances by Zang Express and poet Derek Otte.
Former Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb discusses his memoir 'Thuis' in an intimate afternoon with live music and book signing. Coffee or tea included.
Ahmed Aboutaleb delivers a lecture on contemporary issues in Veenhuizen.
