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The Moroccan electoral system leads the political parties to seek coalition governments. However, the Prime Minister appointed by the King from the party that achieved a plurality in the parliamentary elections, and four other main cabinet ministers are appointed by the King of Morocco. [1]
Political party Legislature (Election) King (Reign) 1 Mbarek Bekkay مبارك البكاي (1907–1961) [1] 1: 7 December 1955 12 May 1958 Independent: None Mohammed V محمد الخامس (1955–1961) 2: 2 Ahmed Balafrej أحمد بلافريج (1908–1990) • 12 May 1958 16 December 1958 Istiqlal Party: 3 Abdallah Ibrahim عبد ...
Following the March 1998 elections, a coalition government headed by opposition socialist Abderrahmane Youssoufi and composed largely of ministers drawn from opposition parties, was formed. Prime Minister Youssoufi's government is the first government drawn primarily from opposition parties in decades, and also represents the first opportunity ...
The establishment united independent politicians favoured by the palace and used by the administration to counter the parties that were critical of the king and his government. Later, it became an ordinary party without a special role in Morocco's multi-party system. It was succeeded by the Constitutional Union as the palace's favourite party. [8]
Having won a plurality of seats (107 seats) in the November 2011 parliamentary election, [13] [14] the party formed a coalition with three parties that had been part of previous governments, and Benkirane was appointed Prime Minister of Morocco on 29 November 2011. [15] [16]
At the end of 1955, and after the return from exile of Sultan Mohammed V, November 16, and the victory of nationalists, Morocco adopted in a first step, a non-elected parliament, resulting from consultations with the main political parties to lay the foundations for future elections. The first chamber was chaired by Mehdi Ben Barka.
Morocco has a bicameral legislature whose two chambers are the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives.The House of Representatives has 395 seats, which are elected by proportional representation and consist of two tiers: 305 seats are elected from 92 multi-member local constituencies (of two to six seats) and the remaining 90 are elected from twelve constituencies based on the ...
The Moroccan Communist Party was a political party in Morocco. The party was established in November 1943 on the basis of the individual communist groups that had been active in Morocco since 1920. [1] The founding general secretary of the party was Léon Sultan. After Sultan's death in 1945, Ali Yata became the party general secretary. [2]