page_title: Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun / Career
caption_attribution_description: The G20 Summit &#x7c; July 8, 2017 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
context_page_description: Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun is a Moroccan businesswoman. She was the president of Confédération générale des entreprises du Maroc from 2012 to 2018. She received the Wissam Al-Moukafa Al-Watania in 2013, the Order of Civil Merit in 2017 and the Legion of Honour in 2020.
context_section_description: In May 2012, the Confédération générale des entreprises du Maroc (CGEM) elected Bensalah-Chaqroun as president, making her the first female to head the organization. After re-election in 2015, King Mohammed VI sent his congratulations and wished her success, citing her "sincere patriotism" and "adoption of constructive dialogue with all economic, social and political partners in Morocco". Under her presidency, Bensalah-Chaqroun received observer status for CGEM at the 2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakech. She completed her second and last term as president in May 2018.
  In November 2012, Bensalah-Chaqroun joined the board of directors of European satellite operator Eutelsat. On June 15, 2017, she was appointed as a director of Renault, and had to step down as a director of Eutelsat to accommodate the position.
  Bensalah-Chaqroun was invited to the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit by the president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, to help launch the World Bank's Women’s Entrepreneur Finance Initiative. She also participated in a panel hosted by Chrystia Freeland where she brought up issues facing women entrepreneurs in the Middle East and Africa.
  Bensalah-Chaqroun is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Les Eaux Minérales d'Oulmès, and a director of Holmarcom.
caption: Bensalah-Chaqroun (front row, fourth from right) with world leaders at the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit
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