List of heads of government of Morocco

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This is a list of heads of government of Morocco since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Morocco in 1955, to the present day.

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A total of seventeen people have served as President of the Government of Morocco (not counting two periods of direct rule by the King of Morocco). Additionally, one person, Mohammed Karim Lamrani, has served on three non-consecutive occasions.

List of officeholders

Political parties
   Istiqlal Party
   Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions
   National Rally of Independents
   Constitutional Union
   Socialist Union of Popular Forces
   Justice and Development Party
Other factions
   Independent
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyLegislature
(Election)
King
(Reign)
1 Bekkay.jpg Mbarek Bekkay
مبارك البكاي

(1907–1961) [1]

1 7 December 195512 May 1958 Independent None Mohammed V
محمد الخامس
Mohammed V.jpg

(1955–1961)

2
2 Balafrej2wiki.png Ahmed Balafrej
أحمد بلافريج

(1908–1990)

12 May 195816 December 1958 Istiqlal Party
3 A Ibrahim WIKI.jpg Abdallah Ibrahim
عبد الله إبراهيم

(1918–2005)

16 December 195820 May 1960 Istiqlal Party
Mohammed V.jpg Position vacant
(Direct rule by
Mohammed V)
20 May 196026 February 1961
(Died in office)
Independent
King Hassan in 1961.png Position vacant
(Direct rule by
Hassan II)
1 26 February 196113 November 1963 Independent Hassan II
الحسن الثاني
Hassan II (1983).jpg

(1961–1999)

2
3
4 Ahmed bahnini.jpg Ahmed Bahnini
أحمد بحنيني

(1909–1971)

13 November 19637 June 1965 Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions I (1963)
King Hassan in 1961.png Position vacant
(Direct rule by
Hassan II)
4 7 June 19657 July 1967 Independent
5 mHmd bnhym@.jpg Mohamed Benhima
محمد بنهيمة

(1924–1992)

7 July 19677 October 1969 Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions
6 Ahmed Laraki en 2008.jpg Ahmed Laraki
أحمد العراقي

(1931–2020)

1 7 October 19696 August 1971 Istiqlal Party
7 mHmd krym l`mrny Mohamed Karim Lamrani.jpg Mohammed Karim Lamrani
محمد كريم العمراني

(1919–2018)

1 6 August 19712 November 1972 Independent II (1970)
2
8 Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F011570-0004, Bonn, AA, Luftverkehrsvertrag mit Marokko (cropped).jpg Ahmed Osman
أحمد عصمان

(born 1930)

1 2 November 197222 March 1979 National Rally of Independents
2 III (1977)
9 Maati Bouabid.jpg Maati Bouabid
المعطي بوعبيد

(1927–1996)

1 22 March 197930 November 1983 Constitutional Union
2
(7) mHmd krym l`mrny Mohamed Karim Lamrani.jpg Mohammed Karim Lamrani
محمد كريم العمراني

(1919–2018)

3 30 November 198330 September 1986 Independent
4 IV (1984)
10 Minister Van den Broek (Buitenlandse Zaken) (r) en de Marokkaanse minister Larak, Bestanddeelnr 932-5113 (cropped).jpg Azzeddine Laraki
عز الدين العراقي

(1929–2010)

2 30 September 198611 August 1992 Independent
(7) mHmd krym l`mrny Mohamed Karim Lamrani.jpg Mohammed Karim Lamrani
محمد كريم العمراني

(1919–2018)

5 11 August 199225 May 1994 Independent
6 V (1993)
11 (Abdellatif Filali) Felipe Gonzalez recibe al ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Marruecos. Pool Moncloa. 2 de julio de 1990 (cropped).jpeg Abdellatif Filali
عبد اللطيف الفيلالي

(1928–2009)

1 25 May 19944 February 1998 Independent
2
3 VI (1997)
12 Abderrahmane Youssoufi.jpg Abderrahmane Youssoufi
عبد الرحمن اليوسفي

(1924–2020)

1 4 February 19989 October 2002 Socialist Union of Popular Forces
2 Mohammed VI
محمد السادس
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Africa Forum Summit 2015 (cropped).jpg

(1999–present)

13 Driss Jettou.jpg Driss Jettou
إدريس جطو

(born 1945)

1 9 October 200219 September 2007 Independent VII (2002)
2
14 (Abas El Fasi) Rodriguez Zapatero pasa revista a las tropas junto al primer ministro de Marruecos en el marco de la IX Reunion de Alto Nivel Hispano-Marroqui. Pool Moncloa. 16 de diciembre de 2008 (cropped).jpeg Abbas El Fassi
عباس الفاسي

(born 1940)

19 September 200729 November 2011 Istiqlal Party VIII (2007)
15 Abdelilah Benkirane 2014-08-05.jpg Abdelilah Benkirane
عبد الإله ابن كيران

(born 1954)

1 29 November 20115 April 2017 Justice and Development Party IX (2011)
2
16 Saad Dine El Otmani (cropped).jpg Saadeddine Othmani
سعد الدين العثماني

(born 1956)

1 5 April 20177 October 2021 Justice and Development Party X (2016)
2
17 Aziz Akhannouch (cropped).jpg Aziz Akhannouch
عزيز أخنوش

(born 1961)

1 7 October 2021Incumbent National Rally of Independents XI (2021)
2

Timeline

Aziz AkhannouchSaadeddine OthmaniAbdelilah BenkiraneAbbas El FassiDriss JettouAbderrahmane YoussoufiAbdellatif FilaliMohammed Karim LamraniAzzeddine LarakiMaati BouabidAhmed OsmanAhmed LarakiMohamed BenhimaHassan IIAhmed BahniniMohammed VAbdallah IbrahimAhmed BalafrejMbarek BekkayList of heads of government of Morocco

Footnotes

  1. Appointed as Prime Minister while the Sultanate of Morocco was still divided between French and Spanish protectorates. Served as Prime Minister of the independent Sultanate of Morocco from 2 March 1956, and as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco from 14 August 1957.

See also