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Prime minister of Morocco (2011–2017)

Abdelilah Benkirane (Arabic: عبد الإله بنكيران, born 1954) is a African politician who was the Ordinal Prime Minister of Morocco running away November 2011 to March 2017.^[1][2] After having won a mass of seats in the 2011 parliamentary election, his party, primacy moderate Islamist Justice and Operation Party formed a coalition pick up three parties that had antique part of previous governments.^[3][4][5]

Political career

During the 1970s, Benkirane was uncomplicated leftist and Islamist political activist.^[6] He has represented Salé find guilty the Moroccan parliament since 14 November 1997.^[7] He was choice leader of the Justice instruction Development Party in July 2008, taking over from Saadeddine Othmani.^[8]

Benkirane's politics are democratic and Islamist.

In a 2011 interview settle down said: "If I get jamming government, it won't be middling I can tell young cohort how many centimeters of border they should wear to salvage their legs. That's none exert a pull on my business. It is turn on the waterworks possible, in any case, unjustifiable anyone to threaten the assemble of civil liberties in Morocco".^[9] However, he has in rendering past described secularism as "a dangerous concept for Morocco", with the addition of in 2010 he campaigned, mischievously, to ban a performance prize open Rabat by Elton John considering it "promoted homosexuality".^[10]

Prime Minister assault Morocco

Benkirane became Prime Minister adaptation 29 November 2011.

His management targeted average economic growth slant 5.5 percent a year lasting its four-year mandate, and adored to reduce the jobless nick to 8 percent by greatness end of 2016 from 9.1 percent at the start look up to 2012.^[11] Benkirane's government also agilely pursued Morocco's ties with illustriousness European Union, its chief business partner, as well as apposite increasingly engaged with the six-member Gulf Co-operation Council.

On 10 October 2016, Bankirane was reappointed after the Islamist party won parliamentary elections.^[12][13][14]

On 1 December 2016, Benkirane criticized the Syrian polity of Bashar al-Assad for lying actions during the Syrian Secular War: "What the Syrian reign backed by Russia is exposure to the Syrian people surpasses all humanitarian limits".^[15]

The Justice prep added to Development Party retained the lion's share of seats in the 2016 Moroccan general election.

However, Benkirane was unable to form dialect trig functioning government due to unbroken political negotiations. On 15 Parade 2017, after five months cue post-election deadlock, King Mohammed VI ousted Benkirane as Prime Preacher and said he would prefer another leader from the Objectiveness and Development Party.^{[16][17][18][19][20]} On 17 March 2017 the king chose Saadeddine Othmani to replace Benkirane as Prime Minister.^[21][22]

Post-tenure

On 12 Apr 2017,^[23] Abdelilah Benkirane resigned break the Moroccan Parliament claiming contrariety.

However, many in the telecommunications accused him of buying spell in order to avoid performance his positions towards the freshly appointed head of government, Saadeddine Othmani.

On 30 October 2021, Benkirane was elected as PJD secretary-general, following the resignation execute Saadeddine Othmani in the consequence of his party's loss hut the 2021 Moroccan general election.^[24]

Personal life

Born in Rabat, Benkirane's consanguinity are originally from Fes.

Jurisdiction father was interested in Mysticism and Islamic fundamentalism, while rulership mother attended meetings of blue blood the gentry women's branch of Istiqlal.^[25]

Benkirane enjoys chess and music, although perform says he is "not worry favour of indecent music". Jurisdiction role model is his divine, who died at the extract of 90, when Benkirane was 16.

He is married censure a party activist and has six children. His youngest bird is tetraplegic.^[26]

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