Lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Morocco face significant challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.
Abderrahmane Youssoufi was a Moroccan politician and human rights lawyer who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Morocco from 1998 to 2002,serving under King Hassan II and King Mohammed VI. He was the Secretary General of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces.
Saadeddine Othmani,sometimes translated as Saad Eddine el-Othmani,is a Moroccan politician. He served as the 16th Prime Minister of Morocco from 17 March 2017 to 7 October 2021. Previously he served as foreign minister from 2012 to 2013.
The history of the cinema of Morocco dates back to "The Moroccan Goatherd" by Louis Lumière in 1897. During the French protectorate,films were produced and directed by French filmmakers,and in 1952,Orson Welles directed his Othello in the historic city of Essaouira. Since independence in 1956,Moroccan film directors developed the national film industry. Emergence in the 1970s met with growing international success.
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.
Abdelilah Benkirane is a Moroccan politician who was Prime Minister of Morocco from November 2011 to March 2017. After having won a plurality of seats in the 2011 parliamentary election,his party,the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party formed a coalition with three parties that had been part of previous governments.
Mohamed Amine Sbihi is a Moroccan politician of the Party of Progress and Socialism. Between 3 January 2012 and 6 April 2017,he held the position of Minister of Culture in Abdelilah Benkirane's government. He was succeeded by Mohamed Laaraj. He was professor of Statistics and Mathematics at the Mohammed V University of Rabat and al-Akhawayn University of Ifrane.
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.
The State of Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco formally established diplomatic relations in 2020,when both sides signed the Israel–Morocco normalization agreement in light of the Abraham Accords. While official ties had previously not existed due to the Arab–Israeli conflict,the two countries maintained a secretive bilateral relationship on a number of fronts following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. For many years,Moroccan king Hassan II facilitated a relationship with Israeli authorities,and these ties are considered to have been instrumental in stabilizing Morocco and striking down possible anti-monarchy threats within the country. The Israeli passport is accepted for entry into Morocco,with a visa granted on arrival. With the bilateral normalization agreement in December 2020,Morocco officially recognized Israeli statehood. Almost three years later,in July 2023,Israel officially recognized Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs,African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates is the foreign affairs ministry of Morocco,responsible for implementing Morocco's foreign policy and ensuring relations with foreign states.
The prime minister of Morocco,officially head of government,is the head of government of the Kingdom of Morocco. The prime minister is chosen by the king of Morocco from the largest party elected to parliament. The Constitution of Morocco grants executive powers to the government and allows the head of government to propose and dismiss cabinet members,provincial governors,and ambassadors,to oversee government programs and the delivery of public services,and to dissolve the lower house of parliament with the king's approval.
General elections were held in Morocco on 7 October 2016. The ruling Justice and Development Party remained the largest party,winning 125 of the 395 seats in the House of Representatives,a gain of 18 seats compared to the 2011 elections.
Nasser Bourita is a Moroccan diplomat serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs,African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates since 5 April 2017.
The Hirak Rif Movement or the Rif Movement is a popular resistance movement that organised mass protests in the Berber Rif region in northern Morocco between October 2016 and June 2017. The movement was triggered by the death of Mouhcine Fikri,a fishmonger who was crushed to death after jumping in the back of a garbage truck attempting to retrieve his allegedly illegal fish merchandise confiscated by local authorities.
Events in the year 2018 in Morocco.
The 2019 Egyptian protests were mass protests in Cairo,Alexandria,Damietta and other cities on 20,21 and 27 September 2019 in which the protestors called for President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to be removed from power. Security forces responded with tear gas,rubber bullets and,as of 23 October 2019,4300 arbitrary arrests had been made,based on data from the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights,the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms,the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information,among which 111 were minors according to Amnesty International and the Belady Foundation. Prominent arrestees included human rights lawyer Mahienour el-Massry,journalist and former leader of the Constitution Party Khaled Dawoud and two professors of political science at Cairo University,Hazem Hosny and Hassan Nafaa. The wave of arrests was the biggest in Egypt since Sisi formally became president in 2014.
Saaïd Amzazi is a Moroccan politician. Previously he had served as Minister of National Education,Vocational Training,Higher Education and Scientific Research in the government of Saadeddine Othmani from January 22,2018 until 7 October 2021.
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.
The Ministry of Youth,Culture and Communication,formerly Ministry of Youth and Sports,is the Moroccan ministry responsible for the sectors of youth and sports to ensure the protection of youth and preparing government policy for the development of sport. The current minister is Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid.
