 | Leaders of Morocco
(Kingdom of Morocco) |
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Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website.
Current parties: USFP: Socialist Union of Popular Forces - PI: Independence Party (Istiqlal) - RNI: National Rally of Independents - UC: Constitutional Union - MP: Popular Movement - MDS: Democratic and Social Movement - FFD: Front of Democratic Forces - PDI: Democratic Independence Party - PPS: Party of Progress and Socialism - PJD: Party of Justice and Development - PAM: Authenticity and Modernity Party - PDN: Democratic National Party - PSU: Unified Socialist Party
Late parties: UNFP: National Union of Popular Forces (became USFP in 1975) - FDIC: Front for Defence of Constitutional Institutions (comprising MP, PSD and PDC) - PSD: Social and Democratic Party (old) - PSD: Social and Democratic Party (new) - PDC: Constitutional Democratic Party - PCM: Moroccan Communist Party (became PLS in 1960) - PLS: Party for the Socialist Liberation - MPDC: Popular Constitutional and Democratic Movement (became PJD in 1998) - MNP: National Popular Movement - PND: National Democratic Party - OADP: Organization of Democratic and Popular Action
 Heads of State
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Sultan
Mohammed V ibn Yusuf 16 Nov 1955 - 14 Aug 1957 (†1961)
Kings
Mohammed V ibn Yusuf 14 Aug 1957 - 26 Feb 1961 (†1961)
Hasan II ibn Mohammed 26 Feb 1961 - 23 Jul 1999 (†1999)
Mohammed VI ibn al-Hasan 23 Jul 1999 -
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| Heads of Government
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Prime Ministers
Mbarek Bekkaï 7 Dec 1955 - 15 Apr 1958 (†1961) n/p
Mohammed Ahmed Belafrej 12 May 1958 - 4 Dec 1958 (†1990) PI
Abdallah Ibrahim 16 Dec 1958 - 20 May 1960 (†2005) PI, UNFP
King Mohammed V 20 May 1960 - 26 Feb 1961 (†1961) n/p (vacant, direct royal rule)
King Hasan II 26 Feb 1961 - 13 Nov 1963 (†1999) n/p (vacant, direct royal rule)
Mohammed Ahmed Bahnini 13 Nov 1963 - 7 Jun 1965 (†1971) FDIC-PSD
King Hasan II 7 Jun 1965 - 7 Jul 1967 (†1999) n/p (vacant, direct royal rule)
Mohammed Benhima 7 Jul 1967 - 6 Oct 1969 (†1992) n/p
Ahmed Laraki 6 Oct 1969 - 6 Aug 1971 (†2020) PI
Mohammed Karim Lamrani 6 Aug 1971 - 2 Nov 1972 (†2018) n/p
Ahmed Osman 2 Nov 1972 - 22 Mar 1979 n/p, RNI
Maâti Bouabid 22 Mar 1979 - 30 Nov 1983 (†1996) n/p, UC
Mohammed Karim Lamrani 30 Nov 1983 - 30 Sep 1986 (†2018) n/p
Azzeddine Laraki 30 Sep 1986 - 11 Aug 1992 (†2010) n/p
Mohammed Karim Lamrani 11 Aug 1992 - 25 May 1994 (†2018) n/p
Abdellatif Filali 25 May 1994 - 4 Feb 1998 (†2009) n/p
Abderrahmane El Youssoufi 4 Feb 1998 - 9 Oct 2002 (†2020) USFP
Driss Jettou 9 Oct 2002 - 19 Sep 2007 n/p
Abbas El Fassi 19 Sep 2007 - 30 Jul 2011 PI
Chiefs of Government
Abbas El Fassi 30 Jul 2011 - 29 Nov 2011 PI
Abdelilah Benkirane 29 Nov 2011 - 5 Apr 2017 PJD
Saâdeddine El Othmani 5 Apr 2017 - 7 Oct 2021 PJD
Aziz Akhannouch 7 Oct 2021 - RNI
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| Ministers of Foreign Affairs
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Mohammed Ahmed Belafrej 1956-1958 (†1990) PI
Abdallah Ibrahim 1958-1960 (†2005) PI/UNFP
Driss M'Hammadi 1960-1961 (†1969) PI
Mohammed Ahmed Belafrej 1961-1963 (†1990) PI
Ahmed Réda Guédira 1963-1964 (†1995) FDIC
Ahmed Taïeb Benhima 1964-1966 (†1980)
Mohammed Cherkaoui 1966-1967 (†2022) PDI
Ahmed Laraki 1967-1969 (†2020) PI
Abdelhadi Boutaleb 1969-1970 (†2009) n/p
Youssef Ben Abbes 1970-1971
Abdellatif Filali 1971-1972 (†2009) n/p
Ahmed Taïeb Benhima 1972-1974 (†1980)
Ahmed Laraki 1974-1977 (†2020) PI
M'hammed Boucetta 1977-1983 (†2017) PI
Abdelouahed Belkeziz 1983-1985 (†2021) n/p
Abdellatif Filali 1985-1999 (†2009) n/p
Mohammed Benaissa 1999-2007 n/p
Taieb Fassi Fihri 2007-2012 n/p
Saâdeddine El Othmani 2012-2013 PJD
Salaheddine Mezouar 2013-2017 RNI
Nasser Bourita 2017- n/p
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| Ministers of the Interior
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Lahcen Lyoussi 1955-1956 (†1970) n/p
Driss M'Hammadi 1956-1958 (†1969) PI
Messaoud Chiguer 1958 (†1969)
Driss M'Hammadi 1958-1960 (†1969) PI
Mbarek Bekkaï 1960-1961 (†1961) n/p
Ahmed Reda Guédira 1961-1963 (†1995) n/p
Abderrahmane El Khatib 1963-1965 (†2006) FDIC
Mohammed Oufkir 1965-1971 (†1972) military
Ahmed Ben Idriss Benbouchta 1971-1972 (†1973) n/p
Mohammed Benhima 1972-1979 (†1992) n/p
Driss Basri 1979-1999 (†2007) n/p
Ahmed El Midaoui 1999-2001 n/p
Driss Jettou 2001-2002 n/p
Ali Mustapha Sahel 2002-2006 n/p
Chakib Benmoussa 2006-2010 n/p
Taïeb Charkaoui 2010-2012 n/p
Mohand Laenser 2012-2013 MP
Mohammed Hassad 2013-2017 n/p
Abdelouafi Laftit 2017- n/p
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| Chairmen of the Lower House of Parliament
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National Consultative Assembly
Mehdi Ben Barka 1956-1959 (†1965) PI
House of Representatives
Abdelkrim El Khatib 1963-1965 (†2008) MP
Abdelhadi Boutaleb 1970-1971 (†2009) n/p
Mehdi Ben Bouchta 1971-1972 (†2004) PI
Dey Ould Sidi Baba 1977-1983 (†1992) RNI
Ahmed Osman 1984-1992 RNI
Mohammed Jalal Essaid 1992-1997 UC
Abdelwahed Radi 1997-2007 (†2023) USFP
Mustapha Mansouri 2007-2010 RNI
Abdelwahed Radi 2010-2011 (†2023) USFP
Karim Ghellab 2011-2014 PI
Rachid Talbi Alami 2014-2017 RNI
Habib El Malki 2017-2021 USFP
Rachid Talbi Alami 2021- RNI
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| Leaders of UNFP/USFP
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Collective leadership of UNFP
-Mehdi Ben Barka (†1965)
-Abdallah Ibrahim (†2005)
-Abderrahim Bouabid (†1992)
-Mohammed Fqih Basri (†2003)
-Abderrahmane El Youssoufi 1959-1975 (†2020)
First Secretaries of USFP
Abderrahim Bouabid 1975-1992 (†1992)
Abderrahmane El Youssoufi 1992-2003 (†2020)
Mohammed El Yazghi 2003-2007
Abdelwahed Radi 2008-2012 (†2023)
Driss Lachgar 2012-
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UNFP was established on 6 Sep 1959 by splinters of the Istiqlal Party. In 1975 became the USFP.
General Secretaries of PI
Mohammed Ahmed Belafrej 1943-1960 (†1990)
Allal El Fassi 1960-1974 (†1974)
M'hammed Boucetta 1974-1998 (†2017)
Abbas El Fassi 1998-2012
Abdelhamid Chabat 2012-2017
Nizar Baraka 2017-
Chairmen of RNI
Ahmed Osman 1978-2007
Mustapha Mansouri 2007-2010
Salaheddine Mezouar 2010-2016
Aziz Akhannouch 2016-
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Maâti Bouabid 1983-1996 (†1996)
Abdellatif Semlali 1996-2001 (†2001)
Mohammed Abied 2001-2015
Mohammed Sajid 2015-2022
Mohammed Joudar 2022-
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Leaders of MP
General Secretaries
Mahjoubi Aherdane 1957-1986 (†2020)
Mohand Laenser 1986-
President
Mahjoubi Aherdane 2006-2020 (†2020)
The MP was established in 1958 by splinters of the PI.
General Secretary of MDS
Mahmoud Archane 1996-
The MDS was established on 15 Jun 1996 by splinters of the MNP.
General Secretary of MNP
Mahjoubi Aherdane 1991-2006 (†2020)
The MNP was established in 1991 by splinters of the MP. In 2006 the party merged back into the MP.
General Secretaries of PND
Mohammed Arsalane El Jadidi 1982-20..
Abdellah Kadiri 20..-2008 (†2019)
The PND was established in 1982 by splinters of the RNI. On 7 Aug 2008 it joined other parties to create the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM).
General Secretaries of PAM
Fouad Ali El Himma 2008-2009
Mohamned Cheikh Biadillah 2009-2012
Mustapha Bakkoury 2012-2016
Ilyas El Omari 2016-2018
Hakim Benchamach 2018-2020
Abdellatif Ouahbi 2020-
The PAM was established on 7 Aug 2008 from the merger of five political parties, the PND among them.
General Secretary of PDN
Abdellah El Kadiri 2009-
The PDN was constituted in 2009 by members of the late PND dissatisfied with the PAM leadership (see above).
General Secretaries of FFD
Thami El Khyari 1997-2013 (†2013)
Mustapha Benali 2013-
The FFD was established on 22 Jun 1997 by splinters of the PPS.
General Secretaries of PCM, PLS, PPS
Ali Yata 1943-1969 (†1997)
Ali Yata 1974-1997 (†1997)
Ismaïl Alaoui 1997-2010
Mohammed Nabil Benabdallah 2010-
First founded in 1943, the PCM was declared illegal in 1960; then its leader, Ali Yata, launched the PLS, which for its part was banned and disbanded in 1969. The PPS was established by Yata in 1974.
General Secretaries of MPDC, PJD
Abdelkrim El Khatib 1967-2004 (†2008)
Saâdeddine El Othmani 2004-2008
Abdelilah Benkirane 2008-2017
Saâdeddine El Othmani 2017-2021
Abdelilah Benkirane 2021-
The MPDC was established in Jan 1967 by splinters of the MP and was renamed to PJD in Oct 1998.
General Secretaries of OADP, PSU
Mohammed Bensaïd Aït Idder 1983-2005 (†2024)
Mohammed Moujahid 2005-2012
Nabila Mounib 2012-
The OADP was established in 1983 by splinters of the USFP. In 2005 the party merged with other forces to create the PSU.
General Secretary of PSD
Issa Ouardighi 1996-2007
The PSD was established by splinters of OADP in 1996 and merged into the USFP in 2007.
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