Biography
"At the heart of my commitment lies the conviction that for every problem there is a fair and just response, that social justice and environmental justice are inseparable, that their achievement requires the active participation of the greatest number of people and the development of all forms of solidarity. Institutional or spontaneous solidarity, today and tomorrow, here and elsewhere. I am convinced of the need for a whole of government approach. The major issues of our social organisation only make sense when considered as a whole and in their interactions, and I intend to reconcile the social, the economic and the environmental rather than to oppose them.
2020 - present: Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and the Green Deal
Zakia Khattabi is appointed Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and the Green Deal. The government led by PM Alexander De Croo is composed of the 4 main political fractions of the country: Ecolo-Groen, PS & S.pa, MR and Open VLD as well as Cd&V.
2019 - 2020: Federal member of parliament – Federal parliament
She is elected to the federal parliament, where most of her work will take place in the Justice Committee.
2015 - 2019 : Co-President of the French-speaking Green Party: ECOLO
2014 - 2015: Federal member of parliament – Federal parliament
Elected as a Member of Parliament, she will devote her parliamentary work to the Justice, Interior and Equal Opportunities Committees. She will also be president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union of Lebanon, Jordan and Syria; and of the Inter-Parliamentary Union of Tunisia.
2009 - 2014: Senator appointed by the parliament of the French Community in Belgium.
Présidente du groupe ECOLO
Vice-Présidente de la Commission Justice