Asmae Boureddaya

Asmae Boureddaya currently serves as Principal Officer in the Office of the Secretary of the African Union since May 2023, following extensive experience in international relations and diplomacy. Boureddaya has held a position as a conseiller at the Ministère des affaires étrangères et de la coopération since January 2014. Prior to the current role, Boureddaya worked as a Senior Partnerships Officer and Special Advisor on private sector engagement and resource mobilization at the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD from January 2020 to May 2023. Boureddaya was also the 1st secretary in the Permanent Mission of Morocco to the African Union from February 2017 to January 2020. Boureddaya holds a graduate degree in Diplomacy and International Relations from the Moroccan Academy for Diplomatic Studies and a licence en droit public from Université Moulay Ismail Meknès.