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Saad Eddine El Othmani of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) gives his first speech during a meeting of PJD at the Moulay Rachid Complex in Rabat, March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

New Moroccan Government of 39 Members, Including 9 Women

by Hatim Betioui | Apr 6, 2017 | Middle East

Rabat- Morocco’s King Mohammad VI named a new government on Wednesday ending a six-month political deadlock that followed October’s elections. Prime Minister Saad Eddine al-Othmani, second-in-command of the Justice and Development Party [PJD] that triumphed in...

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Saad Eddine El Othmani, minister for foreign affairs of Morocco, addresses the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York September 30, 2013. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Moroccan King Appoints Othmani as Prime Minister

by Hatim Betioui | Mar 18, 2017 | Middle East

Rabat – Morocco’s King Mohammed VI appointed on Friday Saad Eddine El Othmani of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) as the country’s new prime minister and asked him to form a government. The king announced on Wednesday he would replace Abdelilah...

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Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane Secretary-general of the Justice and Development party (PJD) waves during a party meeting in Rabat, Morocco October 6, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer/File

Morocco’s PM to Form Government of Former Majority

by Hatim Betioui | Jan 5, 2017 | World

London – Head of National Rally of Independents Aziz Akhannouch received a proposal concerning the new cabinet from the appointed Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane. On Wednesday, Benkirane received Akhannouch in his home in Rabat where the two discussed the formation...

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Abdelilah Benkirane, secretary-general of Morocco’s Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) speaks during a new conference at the party’s headquarters in Rabat, Morocco early October 8, 2016. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Moderate Islamist PJD Party Wins Moroccan Election

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 8, 2016 | Middle East

Morocco’s moderate Islamist Party of Justice and Development has won parliamentary elections, according to official results released Saturday, despite frustration with its handling of the economy in its five years leading the government. The Interior Ministry...

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Moroccan lawmaker Ahmed Sakdi speaks to voters in the town of Tinghir, in southeastern Morocco, August 31, 2015. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Moroccans Vote in Parliamentary Ballot

by Latifa Al-Arosni | Oct 7, 2016 | Middle East

Rabat- Moroccans went to the polls on Friday to elect a new parliament, which is made up of 395 seats. The elections are considered to be the second held since the Moroccan constitutional referendum in 2011. Around 16 million Moroccans are eligible to vote, with 30...