Ahmed Akhchichine (Arabic :أحمدأخشيشين– born 26 March 1954 in Marrakech) is a Moroccan politician of the Authenticity and Modernity Party. Between 2007 and 2012,he held the position of Minister of Education in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi. [1] [2] [3] [4] In 2015 he was elected president of the Marrakech-Safi region. [5]
Between 2003 and 2012,he was the president of the "HACA" (Haute Autoritéde la Communication Audiovisuelle) Morocco's radio and television highest regulating authority. [1]
Although he belongs to the Authenticity and Modernity Party,he participated in the cabinet as an independent since his party,which formed in 2008,positioned itself in the opposition.
Politics of Morocco take place in a framework of an official parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy,whereby the prime minister of Morocco is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament,the Assembly of Representatives of Morocco and the Assembly of Councillors. The Moroccan Constitution provides for a monarchy with a Parliament and an independent judiciary.
Marrakesh or Marrakech is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh–Safi region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mountains.
The Bahia Palace is a mid to late 19th-century palace in Marrakesh,Morocco. The palace was first begun by Si Musa,grand vizier under the Alawi sultan Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman,in the 1860s. It was expanded by his son Si Ba Ahmed ibn Musa,grand vizier of Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz,between 1894 and 1900. Today it is a well-known historic monument and tourist attraction in the city.
Fouad Ali El Himma is a Moroccan politician and senior advisor for Mohammed VI of whom he is said to be a very close friend. Since he became Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior in November 1999,he has played a prominent role in the Moroccan State. In 2008,he founded the Authenticity and Modernity Party.
Driss Benhima is a Moroccan businessman. Former chairman of the board and CEO of Royal Air Maroc,the national airline of Morocco.
Cinema of Morocco refers to the film industry of Morocco. Aside from Arabic-language films,Moroccan cinema also produces Tamazight-language films. The first film in Morocco was shot by Louis Lumière in 1897. The first three Moroccan feature films were funded between 1968-1969. Most researchers and critics agree that the history of Moroccan cinema started with Hamid Bénani's Wechma (1970),which is recognised as the first cult movie in Moroccan film history,and received critical acclaim on an international scale. Until then films produced in the country were Moroccanised versions of Egyptian melodramas. Other influential Moroccan films include A Thousand and One Hands,which was the first feature length fiction film of the 1970s.
The Authenticity and Modernity Party is a political party in Morocco. It was founded in 2008 by Fouad Ali El Himma,an advisor to the king Mohammed VI,and it has been perceived by its opponents and the press as being backed and directed by the monarchy. As such,it has been accused of having little ideology except for support of the monarchy,although some of its policies have been described as socially liberal.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem is a Moroccan-born French former politician and jurist. A member of the Socialist Party (PS),she served in a number of ministerial positions during the presidency of François Hollande. Vallaud-Belkacem was the first woman to serve as Minister of Education,Higher Education,and Research,holding the position from 2014 to 2017 under Prime Ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve.
Aziz Akhannouch is a Moroccan politician,businessman,and billionaire who is serving as the 17th Prime Minister of Morocco since his government took office on 7 October 2021. He is the CEO of Akwa Group and also served as Minister of Agriculture from 2007 to 2021.
Abdelkader Aamara is a Moroccan politician of the Justice and Development Party and its Chief Treasurer. On 3 January 2012,he was nominated as the Minister for Industry,Trade and New Technologies in the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane. Between 2013 and 2016,he was the Minister for Energy,Mines,Water and Environment and between 5 April 2017 and 7 October 2021,he had been the minister for Equipment,Transport and Water Logistics in the cabinet of El Othmani. Between 2 &20 August 2018,he took an interim position as the Minister for Economy and Finance following the firing of Mohamed Boussaid. He has served as MP for Salésince 2002 and is a professor at the Hassan II Institute of Agronomy in Rabat,from which he graduated in 1986.
Abdessadek Rabiaa or Rabii was a Moroccan politician and civil servant. Since 1993 he has been Secretary General of the Government,a position he held until his death on 12 August 2008. He held a degree in law from the Universitéde Bordeaux and practiced as a lawyer for some time in the 1970s.
Mohamed Abbou is a Moroccan politician of the National Rally of Independents. Between 2007 and 2010,he held the position of Minister-Delegate for Public Service and the Modernization of the Administration in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi. He was dismissed from this position because of a feud with the "Wali" (governor) of Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate.
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri is a Moroccan lawyer and politician of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM),and currently the mayor of Marrakesh as well as the Minister of National Planning,Urban Planning,Housing and Urban Policy.
The Daniel Galván scandal was a political scandal in which Mohammed VI,the King of Morocco,issued a pardon for a Spanish convicted serial child rapist named Daniel Galván. The Spanish citizen was serving a thirty-year prison sentence. He was arrested in Morocco in late 2011,for having raped at least eleven Moroccan children in Kenitra,a city he had been living in since 2004. The pardon came some 18 months after his incarceration as part of a diplomatic gesture from Mohammed VI to Spain,on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of his enthronement.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Marrakesh,Morocco.
Drâa-Tafilalet is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 88,836 km2 and had a population of 1,635,008 as of the 2014 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Errachidia.
Béni Mellal-Khénifra is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 28,374 km2 and recorded a population of 2,520,776 in the 2014 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Beni Mellal.
Casablanca-Settat is one of the twelve administrative regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 20,166 km2 and recorded a population of 6,861,739 in the 2014 Moroccan census,69% of which lived in urban areas. The capital of the region is Casablanca.
Mustapha Bakkoury is a Moroccan businessman,engineer and politician. He is chairman of the board of the Moroccan Solar Energy Agency and the council president of the Casablanca-Settat region. He was born in Mohammedia,but is a native of Taounate.
General elections were held in Morocco on 8 September 2021 to elect 395 members of the House of Representatives. The National Rally of Independents led by Aziz Akhannouch won the most seats (102),a gain of 65 seats from the prior election. The liberal Authenticity and Modernity Party took second place with 87 seats,a net loss of 15 seats. The centre-right Istiqlal Party gained 35 seats and took third place with 81 seats total. The governing Justice and Development Party suffered an electoral wipeout and won only 13 seats,a net loss of 112 seats for the party.
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