Doha - Aziz Senni, a 48-year-old Franco-Moroccan entrepreneur from Mantes-la-Jolie, is being considered for a ministerial position in François Bayrou’s new government.
According to the French newspaper Le Parisien, he could be appointed to head either the Labor Ministry or the Ministry of SMEs.
Born on August 31, 1976, in Khouribga, Senni grew up in the Val-Fourré district of Mantes-la-Jolie, where he would later launch his entrepreneurial career.
The eldest of six children, born to a railway worker father and a homemaker mother, he gained French citizenship in January 1998 while maintaining his Moroccan nationality.
Senni made his mark in business at a young age by establishing Alliance Transport et Accompagnement in 2000, introducing an innovative shared taxi service that aimed to reduce customer costs through ride pooling.
The concept, which originated in Val-Fourré, expanded throughout the Paris region despite opposition from traditional taxi operators.
His business ventures extended beyond transportation. In 2007, he founded Business Angels des Cités (BAC), an investment fund focused on developing suburban economies.
Senni also established “École des découvertes” in 2013, an association training young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in IT through apprenticeship programs.
In the political arena, Senni has maintained close ties with François Bayrou since 2007, when he served as a special advisor on social issues during Bayrou’s UDF presidential campaign.
He ran for parliament in the 8th constituency of Yvelines under the UDF-MoDem banner that same year, securing 7.62% of the votes.
Most recently, Senni launched the first edition of “Davos des banlieues” in September through his association “Quartiers d’affaires.”
His journey in business and social entrepreneurship is documented in his 2005 book “L’ascenseur social est en panne, j’ai pris l’escalier” (The Social Elevator is Broken, I Took the Stairs), prefaced by Claude Bébéar.
Former Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government, which included two Franco-Moroccan ministers - Rachida Dati as Minister of Culture and Othmane Nasrou as Minister of Citizenship and Anti-discrimination - was toppled in a historic no-confidence vote on December 4.
The government fell after 331 legislators in France’s 577-seat National Assembly voted to remove Barnier’s centrist minority government, marking the first such successful no-confidence vote in over 60 years.