Lalla Joumala Alaoui
Ambassador of Morocco to the United States
Incumbent
Assumed office October 2016
Preceded by	Rachad Bouhlal
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 61–62) Rabat, Morocco
Spouse	Mohammad Reza Nouri Esfandiari
Children	Lalla Nuzha Esfandiari
Parent(s)	Prince Moulay Ali Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra
Residence	London
Alma mater	Oriental Institute, Oxford
Occupation	Diplomat
Website	Moroccan Embassy in London

Royal family of Morocco
The King The Crown Prince Princess Lalla Khadija Princess Lalla Latifa Princess Lalla Meryem Princess Lalla Asma Princess Lalla Hasna Prince Moulay Rachid Princess Lalla Oum Kalthum Prince Moulay Ahmed Prince Moulay Abdeslam Princess Lalla Lamia Prince Moulay Hicham Princess Lalla Zineb Prince Moulay Ismail Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui Sharif Moulay Abdallah Alaoui Sharif Moulay Youssef Alaoui
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Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui (born 1962, Rabat) is a Moroccan diplomat, Ambassador of Morocco to the United States, and the former Ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom.^[1][2][3]

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.^[3] After, she settled in Casablanca, where she became active in some of the city's NGOs.^[3]

For a brief period in 1999–2000, she was diplomatic attaché at the Moroccan Embassy to United Nations.^[3]

She is the President of the Moroccan-British Society.

Family

She is the maternal first cousin and the paternal second cousin of King Mohammed VI; daughter of Prince Moulay Ali (a cousin of King Hassan II) and Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra, the eldest daughter of Mohammed V and the older half-sister of King Hassan II.^{[citation needed]}

She married Iranian businessman Mohammad Reza Nouri Esfandiari (a relative of Princess Soraya, ex-Queen of Iran) in October 1986 and they have two children.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Awards

•  USA :
  • Honored Citizen of Dallas (15 November 2017).^[4]
  • Ambassador of the year 2023 by the National U.S.–Arab Chamber of Commerce [NUSACC] (11 December 2023).^[5][6]

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