Ali Oumlil
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Ali Oumlil علي أومليل | |
|---|---|
| Extraordinary Ambassador Plenipotentiary | |
| In office 2000–2016 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed VI |
| Moroccan Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic | |
| In office 2004–2016 | |
| Moroccan Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt | |
| In office 2000–2004 | |
| Moroccan Ambassador to the League of Arab States | |
| In office 2000–2004 | |
| President of the Arab Organization for Human Rights | |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| Secretary General of the Arab Thought Forum | |
| In office 1992–1996 | |
| President of the Organisation marocaine des droits humains (OMDH) | |
| In office 1990–1993 | |
| Member of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Institute for Human Rights | |
| In office 1989–1993 | |
| Co-Founder and President of the Association marocaine des droits humains | |
| In office 1979–1985 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 25, 1940 |
| Alma mater | University of Cairo Sorbonne University |
Ali Oumlil (Arabic: علي أومليل; born December 25, 1940) is a Moroccan philosopher, thinker, human rights activist, diplomat and political persona.
Ali Oumlil, born in Kenitra, Morocco in 1940, graduated from the University of Cairo with a Bachelor's Degree in philosophy in 1960. He then attended Sorbonne University and earned in 1977 a State Doctorate in Philosophy focusing on Ibn Khaldun methodology under the supervision of French scholar and Islamologist Roger Arnaldez[1] Ali Oumlil joined Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco in 1962 as an Assistant Professor of Contemporary Arab Thought.
Career
Human Rights
In 1979, Oumlil co-founded the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) in Rabat, Morocco, and was its President until 1985. Oumlil went on to co-found the Moroccan Human Rights Organization (OMDH)[2] in 1988 and served as its President from 1990 to 1993. He also co-founded and was a Board Member of the Executive Committee of the Arab Human Rights Institute in Tunis, Tunisia from 1986 to 1994 and the President of the Arab Organization for Human Rights in Cairo, Egypt from 1996 to 1998.
Think tank
In 1992, Ali Oumlil was nominated Secretary General of the Arab Thought Forum, an independent, intellectual, pan-Arab non-governmental organization established in 1981 by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, together with twenty-five leading Arab thinkers, decision-makers and development experts. ATF's mission is to study the current situation in the Arab World and its problems, as well as conducting studies and projects that would lead to practical solutions and viable options on issues such as unity, security, social and economic development, good governance, freedom, human dignity, human security, women empowerment, youth, intercultural and intellectual dialogue. Oumlil served as its Secretary General for 4 years.
Diplomacy
Ali Oumlil was appointed in 2000 Extraordinary Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Arab Republic of Egypt[3] by His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco where he served until 2004. Concurrently, Oumlil was the Moroccan Ambassador to the League of Arab States. Upon the end of his tenure, Oumlil was appointed Extraordinary Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Lebanese Republic[4] where he served from September 2004 to October 2016.
