Driss Lachgar Explained

Driss Lachgar
Office:Member of Parliament for Rabat
Term Start:3 January 2012
Office1:Minister of Relations with the Parliament
Term Start1:4 January 2010
Term End1:3 January 2012
Monarch1:Mohammed VI
Primeminister1:Abbas El Fassi
Predecessor1:Mohamed Saad Alami
Successor1:Lahbib Choubani
Office2:MP of Rabat
Term Start2:1993
Term End2:19 September 2007
Party:USFP
Birth Place:Rabat, Morocco
Alma Mater:University of Mohammad V
Occupation:Politician, lawyer

Driss Lachgar (Arabic: ادريس لشݣر, born 1954, Rabat) is a Moroccan politician of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) party. Between 2010 and 2012, he held the position of Minister of Relations with the Parliament in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi.[1] [2] [3] [4]

On 21 May 2017, Lachgar was re-elected for a second term as First Secretary of the USFP at the party's 10th congress. There was no opposing candidate, and he received 86.85% of the vote.[5]

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  1. News: Rachid Abbar. Portrait : Qui est ce Monsieur Driss Lachgar ?. 13 August 2012. Aujourd'hui le Maroc. February 9, 2007.
  2. News: Après l'amère defaite : Les contradictions de Driss Lachgar. 13 August 2012. La Gazette du Maroc. 2007-12-22.
  3. News: Driss Lachgar, élu président de la Commission d'enquête sur le CIH. 13 August 2012. L'Economiste. 2000-07-14.
  4. News: Khalid Darfaf. Driss Lachgar : "Un décret qu'on peut qualifier de positif". 13 August 2012. Albayane. May 6, 2010.
  5. Nadia Lamlili, "Maroc : Driss Lachgar reconduit sans surprise à la tête de l'USFP", Jeune Afrique, 22 May 2017 .