Mohamed Aujjar Explained

Mohamed Aujjar
Office:	Minister of Human Rights
Term Start:	14 March 1998
Term End:	8 October 2007
Predecessor:	Mohamed Ziane (as Secretary of State)
Successor:	none
Party:	RNI
Birth Place:	Targuist, Morocco
Alma Mater:	University of Mohammed I, Oujda
Occupation:	Politician, journalist
Office2:	Minister of Justice
Termstart1:	October 2014
Termend1:	April 2017
Office1:	Ambassador Permanent Representative of the Kingdom to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Termstart2:	April 2017
Termend2:	October 2019
Succeeded2:	Mohamed Ben Abdelkader
Predecessor2:	Mustafa Ramid

Mohamed Aujjar (Arabic: محمد أوجار ; born 1959, Targuist) is a Moroccan politician of the National Rally of Independents party. Previously he had served as Minister of Justice from Wednesday, April 5, 2017 until Wednesday, October 9, 2019.^{[1] [2]}

Education

Aujjar holds a bachelor in law and worked as a journalist then editor-in-chief of the daily al-Mithaq. He has taken several training courses in the field of press and information in the United States, France and Portugal.

Political career

In the parliamentary elections of September 27, 2002, he was elected as a member of the riding of Rabat-Océan.

On 7 November 2002, Mr. Aujjar was appointed by the Sovereign to the position of Minister of Human Rights in the cabinets of Driss Jettou and Abderrahmane Youssoufi, a position he held until 8 June 2004.^{[3] [4]} He is a member of the "HACA", Morocco's media regulating body.

Mohamed Aujjar was the Ambassador permanent representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva^[5] between October 2014 and April 2017.

He is also a founding member of the Moroccan Organization of Human Rights (OMDH) and of the Press Club in Morocco. Author of several studies and contributions published in the Moroccan and Arab press, Mr. Aujjar also served as Deputy Secretary General of the National Union of the Moroccan Press (SNPM). ^[6]

He has chaired several international election observation missions in several African countries.^{[7] [8]}

See also

• Cabinet of Morocco

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Government. 2013-10-14. Maroc.ma. en. 2019-03-30.
2. Web site: Kasraoui . Safaa . Who Is the New Minister of Justice Mohamed Benabdelkader? . 2024-03-13 . www.moroccoworldnews.com . en.
3. News: Biographies des membres du gouvernement. 1 September 2012. Le Matin. 8 November 2002.
4. Web site: Membres. HACA. 2012-09-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20170819015739/http://www.haca.ma/csca/membres.jsp. 2017-08-19. dead.
5. Web site: Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva. United Nations Office of Geneva. en. 2017-04-05.
6. Web site: Biography Mohamed Aujjar. Moroccan Government Website.
7. Web site: Liban : Aujjar parmi les observateurs de l'OIF. Maghress. 2019-03-30.
8. Web site: Des observateurs marocains aux présidentielles mauritaniennes. fr.le360.ma. fr. 2019-03-30.