Hélène Le Gal

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• French Ambassador’s Tweet Sparks Controversy Over Morocco’s Development Report
  7 June 2020, by Sylvanus

  Moroccan ambassador Hélène Le Gal said that Chakib Benmoussa, president of the Special Commission for a New Development Model, and also Morocco’s ambassador to France, had presented her with a progress report on the commission’s work. A presentation that was supposed to be made to King Mohammed VI.
  "I thank Chakib Benmoussa [...] for presenting me this morning with an update on the CSMD Morocco: very promising prospects for the new economic pact" between Rabat and Paris, Hélène Le Gal (…)

• France Appoints First Female Ambassador to Morocco, Hélène Le Gal to Leave Israel Post
  30 April 2019, by Amine

  She is the first woman to become French ambassador to Morocco and she, Hélène Le Gal, should take up her duties next September. She has been ambassador of France in Israel since September 2016.
  Maghreb Intelligence writes: "France has just appointed Hélène Le Gal to head its embassy in Rabat. Until now posted in Tel Aviv, the 52-year-old diplomat should take up her duties as early as next September".
  The latter has an impressive curriculum vitae. Graduated from the Institute of (…)

• French Embassy in Morocco Denies Hiring Controversial Activist Omar Brousky
  26 May 2020, by Sylvanus

  "I firmly deny the content of a press article on a recruitment at the French embassy," the French diplomat wrote on her Twitter account, without however mentioning the name of Omar Brousky. This denial follows an article published by Le360 on Monday, May 25, 2020.
  "Omar Brouksy, activist and author of several critical texts against Moroccan institutions, has been hired by the French embassy in Rabat within the division of bilateral relations and civil society. Brouksy is in charge of (…)

• France Praises Morocco’s COVID-19 Response, Seeks Stronger Bilateral Ties
  9 September 2020, by Bladi.net

  France, through its ambassador Hélène Le Gal in Rabat, has welcomed the efforts of the kingdom in its management of the health crisis due to Covid-19 and at the same time affirmed its determination to work for the strengthening of the friendship and cooperation relations between the two countries.
  France and Morocco have centuries-old ties that continue to evolve. During her interview on Friday with the President of the House of Representatives, Habib El Malki, the French Ambassador to (…)

• French Ambassador Explores Investment Opportunities in Marrakech-Safi Region
  8 June 2021, by Jonas

  The two parties reviewed the potential that makes the region a real lever for development, with a focus on promising sectors capable of offering great opportunities to French investors.
  On this occasion, the Wali of the Marrakech-Safi region, Governor of the Prefecture of Marrakech, Karim Kassi-Lahlou, and the French ambassador, examined the promising areas of opportunity within the framework of Moroccan-French cooperation.
  According to Ms. Le Gal, who was accompanied by the Consul (…)

• France Appoints First Female Ambassador to Morocco, Hélène Le Gal
  29 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  Formerly posted to the French Diplomatic Representation in Israel, Hélène Le Gal is the new Ambassador of her country to Morocco. She thus becomes the first French diplomat to hold this position in the Alaouite Kingdom.
  Hélène Le Gal succeeds Jean-François Girault (2015-2019) at the French Embassy in Morocco. The new Ambassador will take up her duties at the beginning of September 2019.
  On her Twitter account, she had announced the color. "Awaiting my next departure for Morocco, I’m (…)

• France Provides $200 Million Loan to Support Morocco’s Universal Health Insurance Expansion
  10 December 2021, by Armel

  France has provided financing of 200 million euros to Morocco, to support the generalization of compulsory Health Insurance.
  Specifically, this amount comes in support of two projects concerning support for the generalization of compulsory Health Insurance (AMO), and a second related to Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB). These two agreements were initialed by Fouzi Lekjaa, Minister Delegate in charge of the Budget, and Mihoub Mezouaghi, Director of the French Development Agency (AFD), in (…)

• 103-Year-Old Moroccan WWII Veteran Honored in Casablanca on V-E Day
  8 May 2021, by Jonas

  Hammou Moussik, a 103-year-old Moroccan goumier and officer of the Legion of Honor since 2013, will be "celebrated" this Saturday, the commemorative day of May 8, 1945, marking the Allied victory over Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
  On the program for this anniversary day, the park street of the French Consulate General in Casablanca will be officially named after Hammou Moussik, who fought alongside French soldiers during World War II. The 100-year-old Moroccan is announced to (…)

• France Urges Dialogue as Morocco-Algeria Tensions Escalate, Ambassador Calls Situation ’Regrettable’
  10 November 2021, by Armel

  The French Ambassador to Morocco, Hélène Le Gal, described the situation between Morocco and Algeria as "very regrettable".
  In an interview with Hespress, on the occasion of the inauguration of the new youth media library of the French Institute in Marrakech, the diplomat commented on the tensions between the kingdom and its eastern neighbor.
  Expressing her regret at the turn of events, she declared: "We wish there to be peace and understanding between all the countries of the Maghreb", (…)

• French Ambassador to Morocco Steps Down, Joins EU Foreign Affairs Team
  12 September 2022, by Sylvanus

  France will have to appoint a new diplomat to head its embassy in Morocco. Hélène Le Gal is leaving the kingdom at the end of this month.
  Appointed director of the North Africa department with Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Hélène Le Gal is leaving the head of the French embassy in Morocco. She will take up her new position on October 1, 2022 in Brussels. The French diplomat will have spent three years in the kingdom (…)