Abbas El Fassi

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Abbas El Fassi
عباس الفاسي
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El Fassi in 2008
Prime Minister of Morocco
In office
19 September 2007 – 29 November 2011
MonarchMohammed VI
Preceded byDriss Jettou
Succeeded byAbdelilah Benkirane
Secretary-General of the Istiqlal Party
In office
February 1998 – 23 September 2012
Preceded byM'hamed Boucetta
Succeeded byHamid Chabat
Minister of State
In office
7 November 2002 – 19 September 2007
Prime MinisterDriss Jettou
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister of Employment, Professional Training, Social Development and Solidarity
In office
6 September 2000 – 7 November 2002
Prime MinisterAbderrahmane Youssoufi
Preceded byKhalid Alioua
Succeeded byMustapha Mansouri
Personal details
Born (1940-09-18) 18 September 1940 (age 85)
Berkane, Morocco
PartyIstiqlal Party

Abbas El Fassi (/əˈbæs ɛl ˈfæsi/ <phonos file="En-us-Abbas El Fassi from Morocco pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg"></phonos>; Arabic: عباس الفاسي; born 18 September 1940) is a Moroccan politician and businessman who served as 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]

Early life and career

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El Fassi was born in Berkane, Morocco, on 18 September 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 19 September 2007 following Istiqlal's victory in the parliamentary elections on 7 September.[1]

His government was appointed by Mohammed VI on 15 October 2007 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]

Controversies

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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]

References

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