Mustafa Amhaouch

Mustafa Amhaouch (born 27 June 1970) is a Dutch engineer and former politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives for the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) from 2016 to 2023. Previously he served as a municipal councillor in Helden from 1997 to 2006.

Career Amhaouch was born on 27 June 1970 in Panningen, Limburg. His parents had immigrated from Morocco seven years before. Amhaouch received his primary education in Helden, afterwards he attended the lower technical school in Panningen from 1985 to 1988. The three subsequent years he attended the middle technical school in Venlo. He studied control theory at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Venlo from 1991 to 1995.

After finishing his education Amhaouch worked for Philips Medical Systems for a year. He then became an engineer and later manager at ASML, where he worked from 1996 to 2016, when he became a member of the House of Representatives.

On 12 January 2016 Amhaouch joined the House of Representatives when he replaced Peter Oskam, who had been appointed mayor of Capelle aan den IJssel. He was the first CDA member of the House of Representatives of Moroccan descent, and the first Muslim since 2012. He declined to run for reelection in 2023.

Amhaouch was made a member of the Order of Orange-Nassau on 27 April 2007 and a knight on 5 December 2023.

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