Politics of Morocco take place in a framework of an official parliamentary 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.
During the civilian administration that existed prior to the seizure of power by the Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) in 1969,there were a number of local political parties. Most notable of these early institutions was the Somali Youth League,the nation's first political organization. Upon assuming office,the Siad Barre-led SRC outlawed all extant political parties and advocated a form of scientific socialism inspired by Maoist China and the Soviet Union.
Pilar del Castillo Vera is a Spanish politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2004. She previously served as Minister for Education,Culture and Sport in the government of Prime Minister JoséMaría Aznar from 2000 to 2004.
Audrey Tang is a Taiwanese free software programmer and the inaugural Minister of Digital Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan),who has been described as one of the "ten greatest Taiwanese computing personalities". In August 2016,Tang was invited to join Taiwan's Executive Yuan as a minister without portfolio,making her the first transgender person and the first non-binary official in the top executive cabinet. Tang has identified as "post-gender" and accepts "whatever pronoun people want to describe me with online." Tang is a community leader of Haskell and Perl and the core member of g0v.
Marie Deschamps,CC is a former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. She retired from the court on August 7,2012. In September 2019,Deschamps was appointed as a member of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency.
Movements for Muslim women to seek roles in national leadership have increased rapidly. Greater opportunities for women in education have further encouraged their involvement in politics. The most prominent Muslim female leaders are former prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto,Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (2001–2004),former Turkish Prime Minister Tansu Ciller (1993–1996),former Senegalese Prime Minister Mame Madior Boye (2001–2002),Bangladeshi Prime Ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina Wajed,former Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar (1997–2005),former Malian Prime Minister CisséMariam Kaïdama Sidibé(2011–2012),Kosovan President Atifete Jahjaga (2011–2016),former President of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib (2015–2018),and current President of Singapore Halimah Yacob and current President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan
Jaala Pulford is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2006 and 2022,representing the Western Victoria Region.
Beth Simone Noveck is New Jersey's first chief innovation officer,at Northeastern University where she directs the Burnes Center for Social Change,the Governance Lab and its MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance. She is also affiliated faculty with the Institute for Experiential AI. She is the author of Solving Public Problems:How to Fix our Government and Change Our World,Smart Citizens,Smarter State:The Technologies of Expertise and the Future of Government,Wiki Government:How Technology Can Make Government Better,Democracy Stronger,and Citizens More Powerful,and co-editor of the State of Play:Law and Virtual Worlds.
Isabella Lövin is a Swedish politician for the Green Party. She served as Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2014 to 2019,as Minister for the Environment from 2019 to 2021 and as honorary Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden from 2016 to 2021. She led the Green Party as co-spokesperson from 2016 to 2021,sharing the task with Gustav Fridolin (2014-2019) and Per Bolund (2019-2021).
The Cabinet of Morocco is the chief executive body of the Kingdom of Morocco.
Amina Bouayach is a Moroccan human rights activist. Since December 2018,Bouayach has served as the president of the Moroccan National Human Rights Council. In this role,she affirmed in 2019 that there are no "political prisoners in Morocco."
Hakima El Haite is a Moroccan climate scientist,entrepreneur and politician. In 1994 she founded EauGlobe,the first environmental engineering firm in the MENA region. She served as Minister Delegate in Charge of the Environment for the Kingdom of Morocco from 2013 to 2017. In 2015,she was elected Vice President of United National International Climate Conference (COP21). She was appointed Special Envoy for Climate Change of the Kingdom of Morocco from 2015 to 2017 and the High Level Climate Champion of the United Nations International Climate Conference (COP22) in 2016 –2017.
Élisabeth Borne is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France since May 2022. She is a member of President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance.
Nasser Bourita is a Moroccan diplomat serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs,African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates since 5 April 2017.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune is an Algerian politician currently serving as the President of Algeria since December 2019 and as Minister of Defence.
Teresa Ribera Rodríguez is a Spanish jurist,university professor,and politician who has served as the Minister for the Ecological Transition of Spain since 2018,after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez coming into power following the successful no-confidence motion against Mariano Rajoy. In 2020,she was appointed Fourth Deputy Prime Minister and in 2021 she was promoted to Third Deputy Prime Minister.
Fatiha Mejjati is a Moroccan jihadist. She is the widow of Karim Mejjati,co-founder of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group and member of Al-Qaeda. Karim Mejjati is suspected of planning the 2003 Casablanca bombings and the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
Nabila Rmili is a Moroccan medic and National Rally of Independents (RNI) politician. In September 2021,she was elected as the mayor of Casablanca.
Fatim-Zahra Ammor or Fatima-Zahra Ammor,born 1967,is a Moroccan engineer,consultant and politician. She has been,Since October 7,2021,the current Minister of Tourism,Handicrafts and Social and Solidarity Economy of Morocco
María Isabel Fernández Suárez is a Bolivian journalist and politician who served as minister of communication from January to June 2020. Fernández was the final official to serve in that post,with the Ministry of Communication being abolished during her term. She subsequently served as vice minister of communication from June 2020 until the conclusion of the transitional government of Jeanine Áñez in November 2020.
