Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid (Arabic: سيدي حمدي ولد الرشيد; born 1971) is a Moroccan Sahrawi politician who is currently serving as the president of the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra regional council since 2015 under the banner of the Istiqlal Party.[1][2]
Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid | |
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سيدي حمدي ولد الرشيد | |
 Ould Errachid in 2020 | |
| President of the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra regional council | |
| Assumed office September 14, 2015 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed VI |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Laayoune, Spanish Sahara |
| Political party | Istiqlal Party |
| Children | 3 |
He is a member of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs, the direction bureau of the Association of Moroccan Regions and the Laayoune Agricultural Chamber.[1][3][4] Ould Errachid also presides over multiple associations in the region.[5]
Early life and education edit
Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid was born in 1971 within the Reguibat tribe in Laayoune and obtained a university degree.[3][1] He is the nephew of Moulay Hamdi Ould Errachid, mayor of Laayoune.[6]
Career and views edit
Ould Errachid became the president of the Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra regional council in 2006 and was re-elected in 2012.[7][5] In 2015, following a restructuring of Moroccan regions, he was elected president of the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra regional council and was re-elected in 2021.[7] Following his re-election, he expressed the regional council's aspirations to implement Morocco's New Development Model for the Southern Provinces.[7][2] In 2018, he undertook a leading role in organizing a Morocco-France Business Forum in Laayoune.[8]
Ould Errachid participated with a Moroccan delegation in two round tables on the Western Sahara conflict, held in December 2018 and March 2019 in Geneva at the initiative of the former Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General, Horst Köhler, where they discussed regional integration and the political process in the Sahara.[7][9] He applauded the United States' recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, stating that "all Moroccan citizens of Sahrawi origin applaud the historic decision of the United States".[10]
In 2020, he announced the opening of polytechnic faculties in Boujdour and Tarfaya as part of the creation of a university core in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region.[11] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ould Errachid invested in human resources at the Laâyoune regional hospital, with the regional council pledging 20 million dirham for the fight against the coronavirus.[12] In 2022, he presided over the implementation of the ESRI-2030 pact in the region, focused on improving university centers in the region with international standards.[13]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Biographie de Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid, président du Conseil de la région Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra". MAP News. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
- ^ a b "Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid du PI réélu président du Conseil de la région Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra". Hespress Français (in French). 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ a b La responsabilité des élus dans le cadre de la régionalisation avancée (PDF) (in French). Rabat: TAFRA. 2017. p. 51.
- ^ "Membres du Bureau". Association des Régions du Maroc. 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ a b Laabid, Mohamed (2012-09-30). "Laâyoune : Sidi Hamdi Ould Rachid reconduit à la tête du conseil régional". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ Iraqi, Fahd. "Maroc : Hamdi Ould Errachid, le seigneur sahraoui de l'Istiqlal". Jeune Afrique (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ a b c d "Biographie: qui est Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid, président du Conseil de la région Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra?". Le 360 Français (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ El Hattach, Abdellah (2018-10-30). "Laâyoune : Le Forum d'Affaires Maroc-France, le coup de maître de Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid". Le1 (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "Exclusif - Programme des deux jours de la table ronde de Genève sur le Sahara". Le1 (in French). 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "Ould Errachid: Tous les sahraouis applaudissent la décision US sur la marocanité du Sahara". Hespress Français (in French). 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "Des facultés polytechniques verront le jour prochainement à Boujdour et Tarfaya". Panora Post (in French). 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid investit dans les ressources humaines de l'hôpital régional de Laâyoune et injecte 20 MDH pour la lutte contre le coronavirus". Le1 (in French). 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "LES ASSISES RÉGIONALES POUR LA CO-CONSTRUCTION DU PACTE ESRI-2030- REGION DE LAAYOUNE-SAKIA EL HAMRA". ENSSUP. Retrieved 2023-11-07.