List of heads of government of Morocco explained

This is a list of heads of government of Morocco since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Morocco in 1955, to the present day.

A total of seventeen people have served as President of the Government of Morocco (not counting two periods of direct rule by the King of Morocco). Additionally, one person, Mohammed Karim Lamrani, has served on three non-consecutive occasions.

List of officeholders

Political parties
Other factions
width=70Portraitwidth=25%Name
Term of officewidth=25%Political partywidth=7%Legislature
King
1Mbarek Bekkay
مبارك البكاي[1]
17 December 1955 12 May 1958 IndependentNoneMohammed V
محمد الخامس
2
2Ahmed Balafrej
أحمد بلافريج
12 May 1958 16 December 1958 Istiqlal Party
3Abdallah Ibrahim
عبد الله إبراهيم
16 December 1958 20 May 1960 Istiqlal Party
Position vacant
20 May 1960 26 February 1961
Independent
Position vacant
126 February 1961 13 November 1963 IndependentHassan II
الحسن الثاني
2
3
4Ahmed Bahnini
أحمد بحنيني
13 November 1963 7 June 1965 Front for the Defence of Constitutional InstitutionsI
Position vacant
47 June 19657 July 1967 Independent
5Mohamed Benhima
محمد بنهيمة
7 July 1967 6 October 1969 Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions
6Ahmed Laraki
أحمد العراقي
16 October 1969 6 August 1971 Istiqlal Party
7Mohammed Karim Lamrani
محمد كريم العمراني
16 August 1971 2 November 1972 IndependentII
2
8Ahmed Osman
أحمد عصمان
12 November 1972 22 March 1979 National Rally of Independents
2III
9Maati Bouabid
المعطي بوعبيد
122 March 1979 30 November 1983 Constitutional Union
2
Mohammed Karim Lamrani
محمد كريم العمراني
330 November 1983 30 September 1986 Independent
4IV
10Azzeddine Laraki
عز الدين العراقي
230 September 1986 11 August 1992 Independent
Mohammed Karim Lamrani
محمد كريم العمراني
511 August 1992 25 May 1994 Independent
6V
11Abdellatif Filali
عبد اللطيف الفيلالي
125 May 1994 4 February 1998 Independent
2
3VI
12Abderrahmane Youssoufi
عبد الرحمن اليوسفي
14 February 1998 9 October 2002 Socialist Union of Popular Forces
2Mohammed VI
محمد السادس
13Driss Jettou
إدريس جطو
19 October 2002 19 September 2007 IndependentVII
2
14Abbas El Fassi
عباس الفاسي
19 September 2007 29 November 2011 Istiqlal PartyVIII
15Abdelilah Benkirane
عبد الإله بنكيران
129 November 2011 5 April 2017Justice and Development PartyIX
2
16Saadeddine Othmani
سعد الدين العثماني
15 April 20177 October 2021Justice and Development PartyX
2
17Aziz Akhannouch
عزيز أخنوش
7 October 2021IncumbentNational Rally of IndependentsXI

Graphical timeline

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See also

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Notes and References

  1. Appointed as Prime Minister while the Sultanate of Morocco was still divided between French and Spanish protectorates. Served as Prime Minister of the independent Sultanate of Morocco from 2 March 1956, and as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco from 14 August 1957.