Mbarka Bouaida is a Moroccan politician who served as Minister-Delegate of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the Benkirane government (2013-2016). From 2017 to 2019, she served as Secretary of State to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. In July 2019, she was elected president of the southeast region Guelmim-Oued Noun, the first woman elected as a Moroccan regional leader.
Bouaida has been Vice-President of the International Parliamentarian Forum for Democracy since September 2011 and is a Member of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe. She is also the General Secretary of the Moustaqbal Association for Education. She was named "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum in 2012. She also represents Morocco in the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly. In 2015, she led Morocco's delegation to the White House Summit on Countering Extreme Violence led by Joe Biden.
