Ahmed Akhchichine | |
Office: | Minister of Education |
Primeminister: | Abbas El Fassi |
Term Start: | 19 September 2007 |
Term End: | 3 January 2012 |
Predecessor: | Habib El Malki |
Successor: | Mohamed El Ouafa |
Party: | Authenticity and Modernity Party |
Birth Date: | 26 March 1954 |
Birth Place: | Marrakech, Morocco |
Alma Mater: | Institut Supérieur de Journalisme de Rabat |
Occupation: | Politician, journalist |
Ahmed Akhchichine (Arabic: أحمد أخشيشين - born 26 March 1954 in Marrakech) is a Moroccan politician of the Authenticity and Modernity Party. Between 2007 and 2012, he held the position of Minister of Education in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi.[1] [2] [3] [4] In 2015 he was elected president of the Marrakech-Safi region.[5]
Between 2003 and 2012, he was the president of the "HACA" (Haute Autorité de la Communication Audiovisuelle) Morocco's radio and television highest regulating authority.[1] Although he belongs to the Authenticity and Modernity Party, he participated in the cabinet as an independent since his party, which formed in 2008, positioned itself in the opposition.