Driss Jettou is a Moroccan politician,who served as the 13th Prime Minister of Morocco from 2002 to 2007.
Mohamed Benaissa is a Moroccan politician who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Morocco from 1999 to 2007.
The National Rally of Independents,is a political party in Morocco. Despite self-identifying as social-democratic,the party has been described as pro-business and liberal,and the party has a history of cooperating with two other parties with a liberal orientation,the Popular Movement and the Constitutional Union,since 1993. Since September 2021,it has been the country's ruling party.
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.
Abbas El Fassi is a Moroccan politician and businessman who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Morocco from 19 September 2007 to 29 November 2011. El Fassi,a member of the Istiqlal Party,replaced independent Driss Jettou.
Morocco–Pakistan relations have traditionally been strong and cordial,since their establishment in the 1950s,soon after Pakistan's independence from the United Kingdom. Morocco maintains an embassy in Islamabad,whilst Pakistan maintains one in Rabat. Both countries are members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation,Group of 77 and Non-Aligned Movement.
The National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (INSEA) is one of the oldest engineering schools in Morocco and remains to this day one of the most prestigious Moroccan Grandes écoles in engineering. Located in Rabat and created in 1961,its latest naming has changed by Royal Decree from the appellation The Training Centre of Engineers in Statistics in 1967 with the support of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
Early general elections were held in Morocco on 25 November 2011,brought forward from 2012 and then postponed from 7 October 2011.
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.
The 2007 Morocco–Spain diplomatic conflict was a short-lived disturbance of international relations between Morocco and Spain that arose after the announcement of the impending visit of the King of Spain to the Spanish-ruled autonomous cities Ceuta and Melilla,which are claimed by Morocco.
Nizar Baraka is a Moroccan politician and businessman of the Istiqlal Party. He is the grandson of nationalist Allal Al Fassi.
Taieb Fassi Fihri is a Moroccan politician who is Counsellor to His Majesty King Mohammed VI since 2012. He was Secretary of State then Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 2012.
Mounir Majidi is a Moroccan businessman. He has been the personal secretary of King Mohammed VI since 2000 and president of the royal holding,SIGER,since 2002. He is also the president of Maroc Culture,the organization behind the Mawazine festival,of the Fath Union Sport (FUS) Rabat,of the Mohammed VI soccer academy,and of the Cheikh Zaid hospital's foundation.
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.
Rachid Talbi Alami is a Moroccan politician of the National Rally of Independents party who is the President (Speaker) of the House of Representatives of Morocco since 2021. He was elected representative of Tetouan in the 2021 general election.
Indonesia and Morocco established diplomatic relations in 1960. Both are the Muslim-majority countries;Indonesia is the most populous Muslim country in the world,while Morocco is also a Muslim majority nation. Morocco praised Indonesia as a strong democratic nation,and pointed out that both nations face the same challenges of separatism and terrorism. Diplomatic relations were established in 1960. Indonesia has an embassy in Rabat and a consulate in Casablanca,while Morocco has an embassy in Jakarta. Both nations are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO),Group of 77,Non-Aligned Movement and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
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.
Mohamed El Fassi is a Moroccan politician,writer,and Researcher. Mohamed El Fassi is among the signatories of the 11 January document calling for the independence of Morocco. He is the first Minister of Education of Morocco after independence,and also the first Minister of Education in the history of Morocco
