Abdelilah Benkirane | |
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عبد الإله بنكيران | |
Prime Minister of Morocco | |
In office 29 November 2011 – 17 March 2017 | |
Monarch | Mohammed VI |
Preceded by | Abbas El Fassi |
Succeeded by | Saadeddine Othmani |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 20 July 2008 – 29 November 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Abbas El Fassi |
Preceded by | Saadeddine Othmani |
Succeeded by | Salaheddine Mezouar |
Leader of the Justice and Development Party | |
Assumed office 30 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Saadeddine Othmani |
In office 20 July 2008 – 10 December 2017 | |
Preceded by | Saadeddine Othmani |
Succeeded by | Saadeddine Othmani |
Member of Parliament for Salé-Médina | |
In office 14 November 1997 – 12 April 2017 | |
Succeeded by | Aziz Benbrahim |
Personal details | |
Born | 1954 Rabat, Morocco |
Political party | Justice and Development Party |
Spouse | Nabila Benkirane |
Alma mater | Mohammed V University |
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Abdelilah Benkirane (Arabic: عبد الإله بنكيران, born 1954) is a Moroccan politician who was the 15th Prime Minister of Morocco from November 2011 to March 2017.[1][2] After having won a plurality of seats in the 2011 parliamentary election, his party, the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party formed a coalition with three parties that had been part of previous governments.[3][4][5]