 | Leaders 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; MNP: National Popular Movement; PND: National Democratic Party; FFD: Front of Democratic Forces; PPS: Party of Progress and Socialism; PJD: Party of Justice and Development; OADP: Organization of Democratic and Popular Action; PSD: Social and Democratic Party (new); n/p: non-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); 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)
 Prime Ministers
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Mubarak El Bakkai 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 (+) n/p
King Hasan II 26 Feb 1961 - 13 Nov 1963 (+1999) n/p
Mohammed Ahmed Bahnini 13 Nov 1963 - 7 Jun 1965 (+1971) FDIC-PSD
King Hasan II 7 Jun 1965 - 7 Jul 1967 (+1999) n/p
Mohammed Benhima 7 Jul 1967 - 6 Oct 1969 n/p
Ahmed Laraki 6 Oct 1969 - 6 Aug 1971 n/p
Mohammed Karim Lamrani 6 Aug 1971 - 2 Nov 1972 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 n/p
Azzeddine Laraki 30 Sep 1986 - 11 Aug 1992 n/p
Mohammed Karim Lamrani 11 Aug 1992 - 25 May 1994 n/p
Abdellatif Filali 25 May 1994 - 4 Feb 1998 (+2009) n/p
Abderrahmane El Youssoufi 4 Feb 1998 - 9 Oct 2002 USFP
Driss Jettou 9 Oct 2002 - 19 Sep 2007 n/p
Abbas El Fassi 19 Sep 2007 - PI
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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)
Mohammed Ahmed Belafrej 1961-1963 (+1990) PI
Ahmed Reda Guédira 1963-1964 (+1995)
Ahmed Taibi Benhima 1964-1966
Mohammed Cherkaoui 1966-1967
Ahmed Laraki 1967-1971 n/p
Abdellatif Filali 1971-1972 (+2009) n/p
Ahmed Taibi Benhima 1972-1974
Ahmed Laraki 1974-1977 n/p
M'Hammed Boucetta 1977-1983 PI
Abdelouahed Belkaziz 1983-1985 n/p
Abdellatif Filali 1985-1999 (+2009) n/p
Mohammed Benaissa 1999-2007 n/p
Taieb Fassi Fihri 2007- n/p
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| Ministers of the Interior
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Mohammed Oufkir 1965-1971 (+1972) military
Mohammed Benhima 197.-1979 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- n/p
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 Leaders of UNFP/USFP
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Collective leadership of UNFP
-Mehdi Ben Barka (+1965)a
-Abdallah Ibrahim (+2005)
-Abderrahim Bouabid (+1992)
-Mohammed Fqih Basri (+2003)
-Abderrahmane El Youssoufi 1959-1975
First Secretaries of USFP
Abderrahim Bouabid 1975-1992 (+)
Abderrahmane El Youssoufi 1992-2003
Mohammed El Yazghi 2003-
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The UNFP was established on 6 Sep 1959 by splinters of the PI. In 1975 became the USFP.
General Secretaries of the PI
Allal El Fassi 1944-1974 (+)
M'Hammed Boucetta 1974-1998
Abbas El Fassi 1998-
Chairmen of RNI
Ahmed Osman 1978-2007
Mustapha Mansouri 2007-
 General Secretaries of UC
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Maâti Bouabid 1983-1996 (+)
Abdellatif Semlali 1996-2001 (+)
Mohammed Abied 2001-
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General Secretaries of MP
Mahjoubi Aherdane 1958-1986
Mohand Laenser 1986-
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-
The MNP was established in 1991 by splinters of the MP.
Leadership of PND
Mohammed Arsalan El Jadidi 1981-
The PND was established in 1981 by splinters of the RNI.
General Secretary of FFD
Thami El Khyari 1997-
The FFD was established on 22 Jun 1997 by splinters of the PPS.
General Secretaries of PCM/PLS/PPS
Ali Yata 1943-1969 (+1997)k
Ali Yata 1974-1997 (+)k
Ismaïl Alaoui 1997-
First founded in 1943, the PCM was declared illegal in 1960 and Ali Yata launched then the PLS, which for its part was disbanded upon banning in 1969. The PPS was established in 1974.
General Secretary of MPDC/PJD
Abdelkrim El Khatib 1967-2004
Saâd-Eddine El Otmani 2004-
The MPDC was established in Jan 1967 by splinters of the MP and was renamed to PJD in Oct 1998.
General Secretary of OADP
Mohammed Bensaïd Aït Idder 1983-
The OADP was established in 1983 by splinters of the USFP.
Leadership of PSD
Issa Ouardighi 1996-
The PSD was established by splinters of OADP in 1996.
(Party leaderships are courtesy of Philippe Cousineau)
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