Abbas El Fassi
| Abbas El Fassi عباس الفاسي |
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| Prime Minister of Morocco | |
| In office 19 September 2007 – 29 November 2011 |
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| Monarch | Mohammed VI |
| Preceded by | Driss Jettou |
| Succeeded by | Abdelilah Benkirane |
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| Born | 18 September 1940 Berkane, Morocco |
| Political party | Istiqlal Party |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Abbas El Fassi (Arabic: عباس الفاسي; born on September 18, 1940, In Berkane, Morocco) was the Prime Minister of Morocco from 19 September 2007 to 29 November 2011. El Fassi, a member of the Istiqlal Party, replaced independent Driss Jettou.[1]
El Fassi was born in Berkane, Morocco on September 18, 1940. He served as the Minister of Housing from 1977 to 1981, Minister of Handicraft and Social Affairs from 1981 to 1985, Ambassador to Tunisia and the Arab League from 1985 to 1990, Ambassador to France from 1990 to 1994, and as Minister of Employment, Professional training, Social Development and Solidarity from 2000 to 2002. He then took up the post of Minister of State in the Jettou government from 2002 to 2007.[2][3] King Mohammed VI appointed El Fassi as Prime Minister on September 19, 2007 following Istiqlal's victory in the parliamentary elections on September 7.[1]
His government was appointed by Mohammed VI on October 15, with 33 members (not including El Fassi), including seven women. Five political parties were included in this government: Istiqlal, liberal Mouvement Populaire (MP), the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), the National Rally of Independents (RNI), and the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS).[4]
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[edit] Controversies
Abbas el Fassi was Moroccan Ambassador to France when Gilles Perrault's political pamphlet "Notre ami, le roi", about human rights abuses in Morocco, was published in France. Ties between Morocco and France deteriorated with the publication of the book.[5]
As Minister of Employment, Abbas el Fassi was implicated in the Annajat Scandal, which resulted in four suicides, twelve persons jailed and 90,0000 victims of financial fraud through fictitious employment contracts[6][Need quotation to verify].
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b "Morocco Names New Prime Minister". TIME Magazine. 2007. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663621,00.html?xid=rss-topstories. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ "Morocco's new PM named". News 24. 2007. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2186910,00.html. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ "King appoints conservative Abbas el Fassi Prime Minister". Maghreb Arabe Presse. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20070924221446/http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/politics/king_appoints_conser8927/view. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ "Le roi nomme un nouveau gouvernement après des tractations difficiles", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), October 15, 2007 (French).
- ^ http://www.telquel-online.com/289/couverture1_289.shtml
- ^ http://www.telquel-online.com/189/actu_189.shtml
[edit] See also
- Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-IV), 2008.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Morocco Names New Prime Minister". TIME Magazine. 2007. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663621,00.html?xid=rss-topstories. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ "Morocco's new PM named". News 24. 2007. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2186910,00.html. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ "King appoints conservative Abbas el Fassi Prime Minister". Maghreb Arabe Presse. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20070924221446/http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/politics/king_appoints_conser8927/view. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ "Le roi nomme un nouveau gouvernement après des tractations difficiles", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), October 15, 2007 (French).
- ^ http://www.telquel-online.com/289/couverture1_289.shtml
- ^ http://www.telquel-online.com/189/actu_189.shtml
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| Preceded by Driss Jettou |
Prime Minister of Morocco 2007–2011 |
Succeeded by Abdelilah Benkirane |
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