13 Facts About Faissal Boulakjar

Faissal Boulakjar was born on 28 April 1979 and is a Moroccan-born Dutch politician, who has been serving as a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 Dutch general election.

Faissal Boulakjar is a member of the social liberal party Democrats 66 and previously held a seat in the Breda municipal council.

Faissal Boulakjar's family emigrated to the Netherlands in 1983 after his father had moved there in 1966 to work in a factory of the snack brand Nibb-it.

Faissal Boulakjar helped organize free futsal training for disadvantaged children next to his job.

Faissal Boulakjar became a reintegration adviser in 2011 but left that position the following year to work as a personal injury adviser until 2018.

Faissal Boulakjar joined Democrats 66 in 2009 because of the rise of populism and was elected to the Breda municipal council in the 2014 municipal election.

Faissal Boulakjar's specializations were youth, education, sports, and sustainability, and he became his party's vice caucus leader one year later.

Faissal Boulakjar was re-elected in the 2018 municipal election as D66's third candidate, remained vice caucus leader, and served as the party's spokesperson for construction, housing, climate, security, and the region.

Faissal Boulakjar served as manager of D66's campaign in the Breda region for three elections in 2018 and 2019.

Faissal Boulakjar ran for member of parliament in the 2021 general election, being placed sixteenth on D66's party list.

Faissal Boulakjar vacated his seat in the Breda municipal council the following day.

Faissal Boulakjar is a member of the parliamentary Committees for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality; for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy; for Infrastructure and Water Management; and for the Interior; and he is on the Benelux Interparliamentary Consultative Council.

Faissal Boulakjar has a wife called Bouchra, and he has two sons and a daughter.