Abdelilah Benkirane (Arabic: عبد الإله بنكيران, born 1954) is the current Head of Government of Morocco, in office since 2011. He is the leader of the Justice and Development Party. Having won a plurality of seats in the November 2011 parliamentary election, his party formed a coalition with three parties that had been part of previous governments, and he was appointed as Head of Government on 29 November 2011. During the 1970s, Benkirane was a leftist political activist. He has represented Salé in the Moroccan parliament since 14 November 1997. He was elected leader of the Justice and Development Party in July 2008, taking over from Saadeddine Othmani. Benkirane's politics are democratic and Islamist. In a 2011 interview he said: "If I get into government, it won't be so I can tell young women how many centimeters of skirt they should wear to cover their legs. That's none of my business. It is not possible, in any case, for anyone to threaten the cause of civil liberties in Morocco". However, he has in the past described secularism as "a dangerous concept for Morocco", and in 2010 he campaigned, unsuccessfully, to ban a performance in Rabat by Elton John because it "promoted homosexuality". His new government has targeted average economic growth of 5.5 percent a year during its four year mandate, and to reduce the jobless rate to 8 percent by the end of 2016 from 9.1 percent at the start of 2012. Benkirane's government has also actively pursued Morocco's ties with the European Union, its chief trade partner, as well as becoming increasingly engaged with the six-member Gulf Co-operation Council. On December 1st, Benkirane slammed the Bashar Syrian administration. "“What the Syrian regime backed by Russia is doing to the Syrian people surpasses all humanitarian limits,” he said to Quds Press.

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Aziz Akhannouch (Berber: ⵄⴰⵣⵉⵣ ⴰⵅⵏⵏⵓⵛ; Arabic: عزيز أخنوش‎‎; born 1961 in Tafraout) is a Berber Moroccan businessman and current Minister of Agriculture in Abdelilah Benkirane's cabinet since 2007.

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Mustapha El Khalfi (Arabic: مصطفى الخلفي‎‎ - born 1973, Kenitra) is a Moroccan politician of the Justice and Development Party. Since 3 January 2012, he holds the position of Minister of Communications and Spokesperson of the Government in Abdelilah Benkirane's government. Before this he was editor-in-chief of the Attajdid newspaper. Mustapha El Khalfi prohibited the distribution and screening of the film Exodus: Gods and Kings.

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Mohamed Amine Sbihi (Arabic: محمد أمين الصبيحي‎‎ - born 1954, Salé) is a Moroccan politician of the Party of Progress and Socialism. Since 3 January 2012, he holds the position of Minister of Culture in Abdelilah Benkirane's government. He is professor of Statistics and Mathematics at the Mohammed V University of Rabat and al-Akhawayn University of Ifrane.

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Mohamed Boussaid (Arabic: محمد بوسعيد‎‎ – born 26 September 1961 Fes) is a Moroccan politician of the National Rally of Independents. Between 2007 and 2010, he held the position of Minister of Tourism and Crafts in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi. Since 2010, he is "Wali" (governor) of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region.

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Aziz Rabbah (Arabic: عزيز رباح‎‎) (born 1962 in Sidi Kacem, Morocco) is a Moroccan politician from the Justice and Development Party. On 3 January 2012, he became Minister of Transportation and equipment in Abdelilah Benkirane's government.

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Salaheddine Mezouar (Arabic: صلاح الدين مزوار‎‎ – born 11 December 1953, Meknes) is a Moroccan politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs since 10 October 2013. In 2004, he was appointed Minister of Industry, Trade and Restructuring of the Economy. On 15 October 2007, he was appointed Minister of Finance and the Economy. In January 2010, he was elected president of the National Rally of Independents party. Mezouar is also a former international basketball player.

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Ahmed Toufiq is a Moroccan writer and scholar who has served as Minister for Islamic Affairs in the government of Morocco since 2002.

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El Hossein El Ouardi (Arabic: الحسين الوردي‎‎ - born 22 September 1954) is a Moroccan politician of the Party of Progress and Socialism. Since 3 January 2012, he holds the position of Minister of Health in Abdelilah Benkirane's government. In January 2014, El Ouardi was physically assaulted while exiting the parliament in Rabat. His assailants were members of the pharmacists union/lobby, and one of them was the brother-in-law of Fouad Ali El Himma, the influential advisor and close-friend of Mohammed VI, in addition to being the cousin of the Party of Authenticity and Modernity female Mayor of Marrakesh. The incident resulted in minor injuries for the minister.

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Lahcen Daoudi (Arabic: لحسن الداودي‎‎ - born 5 January 1947, Beni Mellal, Morocco) is a Moroccan politician of the Justice and Development Party. Since 3 January 2012, he holds the position of Minister of "Higher Education and Scientific Research" in Abdelilah Benkirane's government.

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Nabil Benabdallah (born 3 June 1959) is a Moroccan politician who has served as Minister of Housing and Urbanism of Morocco since 2012, as part of the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane. Born in Rabat, Nabil Benabdallah started his career as a translator in the Moroccan courts. Between 1997 and 2000 he was executive director of the Party of Progress and Socialism's official newspapers al-Bayan and Bayan al-Yawm. In 2010, he was elected as the Secretary General of the Party of Progress and Socialism, succeeding Moulay Ismaïl Alaoui.

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Moulay Hafid Elalamy (born 1960) is a Moroccan businessman and politician. He is the founder and owner of the Saham Group. He serves as the Minister of Industry, Trade, & New Technologies.

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Mustafa Ramid or Mustapha Ramid (born 1959 in Sidi Bennour, Morocco) is a Moroccan politician, lawyer and human rights activist from the Justice and Development Party. On 3 January 2012, he became Minister of Justice and Liberties in Abdelilah Benkirane's government. Having served as the defense lawyer for Islamist Hassan al-Kattani, Ramid played an important role in achieving the pardon of Kattani and other Islamists along with promises for the renunciation of violence and extremism.

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Anis Birou (Arabic: أنيس بيرو‎‎ – born 10 January 1962, Berkane) is a Moroccan politician of the National Rally of Independents. Between 2007 and 2012, he held the position of Secretary of State for Crafts in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi. He holds a degree in statistics engineering.

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Bassima Hakkaoui (Arabic: بسيمة الحقاوي‎‎ - born 5 October 1960, Casablanca) is a Moroccan politician of the Justice and Development Party. Since 3 January 2012, she has held the position of Minister of Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development in Abdelilah Benkirane's cabinet. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2002, having been elected from the national list reserved for women. She was re-elected in 2007, 2011.

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Abdellah Baha (Arabic: عبد الله باها‎‎‎; 1954 – 7 December 2014) was a Moroccan politician of the Justice and Development Party and member of the Executive Office of the Uniqueness and Reform Movement (MUR). From 3 January 2012 until his death, he served as Minister of State in Abdelilah Benkirane's government. A native of Souss, Abdellah Baha was an agricultural engineer who graduated from the Hassan II Institute of Agronomy in 1979. He owned the Attajdid newspaper as well as Al Islah and Arraya publications and was MP of Rabat since 2002 (re-elected in 2007, 2011). In 2002-2003, he was the President of the Commission of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights and 2003 to 2006, head of PJD Group. In 2007, he was assigned as vice-speaker of the House of Representatives.

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Lahcen Haddad (Arabic: لحسن حداد‎‎ - born 16 March 1960, Boujad) is a Moroccan politician of the Popular Movement. Since 3 January 2012, he holds the position of Minister of Tourism in the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane.

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Mohamed Ouzzine (Arabic: محمد أوزين‎‎; born 5 January 1969) is a Moroccan politician of the Popular Movement. He was the Minister of Youth and Sports in Abdelilah Benkirane's government from 2012 to 2015. Previously he was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2012. He holds a degree in Sociolinguistics.

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Lahbib Choubani (Arabic: لحبيب الشوباني‎‎ - born 1963, Boujad) is a Moroccan politician of the Justice and Development Party. Since 3 January 2012, he holds the position of Minister of Relations with the Parliament & Civil Society in Abdelilah Benkirane's cabinet. He also serves as MP for Gheris-Tislit constituency since 2002 Choubani worked as a Physics schoolteacher in the province of Errachidia. In June 2016, Choubani received widespread public criticism from all over Morocco. Newspapers reported that he had bought seven 4X4 Volkswagen Touaregs at a cost of MAD 2,840,000 to facilitate transportation for his council board from their homes to their workplace. He added that the geographical nature of the region requires such expensive vehicles. "Massa Daraa" is one of the poorest regions in Morocco, lacking much necessary infrastructure, according to critics

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Driss Dahak (Arabic: ادريس الضحاك‎‎ - born 15 August 1939, Ksar el-Kebir) is a Moroccan civil servant, and diplomat. Since 20 August 2008, he holds the position of General Secretary of the Government.

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Idriss Azami Al Idrissi (Arabic: إدريس الأزمي الإدريسي‎‎ - born 16 September 1966, Fes) is a Moroccan politician of the Justice and Development Party. Since 3 January 2012, he holds the position of Minister-Delegate for the Budget in the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane.

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Mbarka Bouaida (born 1975) is a Moroccan politician who serves as Minister-Delegate of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the Benkirane government.

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Mohamed Abbou may refer to: Mohamed Abbou (Moroccan politician), born 1959 Mohamed Abbou (Tunisian politician), born 1966 Mohamed Ait Abbou (born 1985), Moroccan footballer

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Mohamed Najib Boulif, commonly known as Najib Boulif (born 1964 in Tangier, Morocco) is a Moroccan politician from the Justice and Development Party. On 3 January 2011 he became Minister delegate for general affairs and good governance. Najib Boulif is a professor of Economics at the Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et Sociales in Tangier, and has authored books on Islamic finance and Micro-finance.

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Abdellatif Loudiyi (Arabic: عبد اللطيف لودييي‎‎) is a Moroccan civil servant and politician. Since 2 August 2010, he has served as Minister-Delegate for National Defense, succeeding Abderrahmane Sbai. Before this appointment, he was a career civil servant who worked at the Ministry of Finance; he was General Secretary of the Ministry of Finance from 2003 to 2010. Few details about him have filtrated in the Moroccan press.

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Mohamed El Ouafa (Arabic: محمد الوفا‎‎ - born 1948, Marrakech, Morocco) is a Moroccan diplomat and politician of the Istiqlal Party. He was Minister of Education in Abdelilah Benkirane's cabinet. Between 2000 and 2012 he was Ambassador to India, Iran and Brazil. In April 2013, while King Mohammed VI was on vacation in France, Hamid Chabat Secretary-General of the Istiqlal Party announced his intentions to leave the coalition that forms the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane. Consequently, a resignation request was submitted on 9 July 2013 for all the Party's ministers.

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