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Abbas El Fassi | |
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عباس الفاسي | |
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| Prime Minister of Morocco | |
| In office 19 September 2007 – 29 November 2011 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed VI |
| Preceded by | Driss Jettou |
| Succeeded by | Abdelilah Benkirane |
| Secretary-General of the Istiqlal Party | |
| In office February 1998 – 23 September 2012 | |
| Preceded by | M'hamed Boucetta |
| Succeeded by | Hamid Chabat |
| Minister of State | |
| In office 7 November 2002 – 19 September 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Driss Jettou |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of Employment, Professional Training, Social Development and Solidarity | |
| In office 6 September 2000 – 7 November 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Abderrahmane Youssoufi |
| Preceded by | Khalid Alioua |
| Succeeded by | Mustapha Mansouri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1940-09-18)18 September 1940 (age 85) |
| Party | Istiqlal Party |
Abbas El Fassi (/əˈbæsɛlˈfæsi/ ⓘ;Arabic:عباس الفاسي,romanized: ʿAbbās al-Fāsī; born 18 September 1940) is a Moroccan politician and businessman who served as thePrime Minister of Morocco from 19 September 2007 to 29 November 2011. El Fassi, a member of theIstiqlal Party, replaced independentDriss Jettou.[1]
El Fassi was born inBerkane, 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 toTunisia and theArab 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 ofMinister of State in the Jettou government from 2002 to 2007.[2][3]KingMohammed VI appointed El Fassi as prime minister on 19 September 2007 following Istiqlal's victory in theparliamentary 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), theSocialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), theNational Rally of Independents (RNI), and theParty of Progress and Socialism (PPS).[4]
Abbas el Fassi was Moroccan ambassador to France whenGilles 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]
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