| Lalla Joumala Alaoui | |
| Office: | Ambassador of Morocco to the United States |
| Term Start: | October 2016 |
| Predecessor: | Rachad Bouhlal |
| Office1: | Ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom |
| Term Start1: | 21 January 2009 |
| Term End1: | 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Mohammed Belmahi |
| Successor1: | Abdesselam Aboudrar |
| Birth Place: | Rabat, Morocco |
| Nationality: | Moroccan |
| Spouse: | Mohammad Reza Nouri Esfandiari |
| Children: | Lalla Nuzha Esfandiari |
| Residence: | London |
| Alma Mater: | Oriental Institute, Oxford |
| Occupation: | Diplomat |
| Website: | Moroccan Embassy in London |
| Parents: | Prince Moulay Ali Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra |
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]
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.
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.
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.
United States : She is a member of the Metropolitan Club of Washington DC, and a member of the Cosmos Club.