Saïd Ahamada


Saïd Ahamada is a French politician of La République En Marche! who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since the 2017 elections. He was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion, a French oversea departement in the Indian Ocean.

Early life and education

Ahamada's father is Comorian and his mother is from La Réunion from poor European descent. The family moved to Marseilles when Saïd Ahamada was a baby.
Ahamada holds a master's degree in finance.

Political career

Having previously been a member of the Democratic Movement and later Europe Ecology – The Greens, Ahamada joined LREM in 2017.
Since 18 June 2017, Ahamada has been the member of the National Assembly for the 7th constituency of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, which includes part of the 14th arrondissement of Marseille as well as its 15th and 16th arrondissements. In parliament, he serves as member of the Finance Committee. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the French-Algerian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In early 2018, Ahamada was one of several LREM members who joined an informal parliamentary working group on Islam set up by Florent Boudié in order to contribute to the government's bill aimed at better organising and supervising the financing of the Muslim faith in France.
Since 2019, Ahamada has been serving as one of her parliamentary group's spokespersons under the leadership of its chairman Gilles Le Gendre.