Ahmed Aboutaleb (Arabic: أحمد أبو طالب; born 29 August 1961) is a Dutch politician of Moroccan origin.

He grew up as a son of a Riffian Berber Sunni imam in a small village in the Nador Province, Rif region.

[citation needed] After graduating he found work as reporter for Veronica TV, NOS-radio and RTL Nieuws.

Aboutaleb himself claimed at the time he wanted to focus on his work as alderman and that it was "important first that the PvdA wins the election.

[8] Along with another deputy minister, Nebahat Albayrak, of Turkish descent, Aboutaleb was criticised by Geert Wilders at the time of their announced appointments for holding dual passports.

The Algemeen Dagblad wrote in early 2024 that the past year had been one of Aboutaleb's most difficult, citing growing criticism from the municipal council.

Livable Rotterdam and the VVD railed against his decision not to raise the Israeli flag at city hall following an October 2023 Hamas-led attack on the country.