List of political parties in Morocco
This article lists political parties in Morocco.
Morocco has had a multi-party system since independence in 1956 with numerous parties ranging in ideology from the far-left to Islamists. The Moroccan electoral system leads the political parties to seek coalition governments. However, both the post of Prime Minister and other four main government ministers are appointed by the King of Morocco.
Since Morocco considers the disputed territory of Western Sahara to be its annexed Southern Provinces, the political parties are also active in those parts of the territory under Moroccan control.
Parties represented in the Parliament elected in 2007
The most recent parliamentary elections took place in Morocco on 7 September 2007, the next ones will take place on 25 November 2011
- common parliamentary group[1] of the National Rally of Independents (Rassemblement National des Indépendents, At-Tajammoe Al-Watani Lil-Ahrar) and the Authenticity and Modernity Party (Parti de l'authenticité et de la modernité, a 2008 merger between the Covenant Party, the Environment and Development Party, the Alliance of Liberties and the Citizenship and Development Initiative)
- Independence Party (Hizb al-Istiqlal/Parti de l'Indépendance)
- Justice and Development Party (Parti de la Justice et du Développement, Hizb Al-Adala Wa At-tanmia)
- People's Movement (Mouvement Populaire, Alharaka ashaabia), a 25 March 2006 merger[2][3] between:
- Socialist Union of Popular Forces (Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires, Al ittihad alishtiraki lilqowati ashaabia)
- Constitutional Union (Union Constitutionelle, Al-Ittihad Ad-dostori)
- Modernist Left Pole, comprising three parties[4]:
- National Democratic Party (Parti National-Démocrate) - in electoral alliance in 2007 with the Covenant Party
- Democratic and Social Movement (Mouvement Démocratique et Social, Alharaka addimoqratia wa ashabia)
- Alliance of the Democratic Left, electoral alliance in 2007 and 2009, afterwards a more political platform[5]:
- Party of Renewal and Equity (Parti du Renouveau et de l'Équité)
- Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste), splinter from the National Congress Party
- Moroccan Union for Democracy (Union Marocaine pour la Démocratie)
- Citizens' Forces (Forces Citoyennes, Alqiwa alwatania)
- Party of Renaissance and Virtue (Parti de la renaissance et de la vertu, Hizb en-nahda wal fadila), 2006 splinter from the Justice and Development Party
Parties without parliamentary representation
Parties represented in the 2002 parliament, no longer after the 2007 elections
Parties not represented in the 2002 parliament, that took part in the 2007 elections without winning any seat
Other parties
Political parties established between 1940 and 1970
References
- ^ Maroc: Fouad Ali El Himma constitue le plus grand groupe parlementaire, Agence France Presse, 30 September 2008
- ^ M’Hamed Hamrouch, Mahjoubi Aherdane accusé d’avoir provoqué le retrait du MP du gouvernement, Aujourd'hui Le Maroc, 19 October 2008
- ^ Hicham Bennani, Mouvement populaire : Prémices d’un éclatement, Le Journal Hebdomadaire, 11 April 2009
- ^ Mohamed Aswab, Nabil Benabdallah : «Même en cas d’union de la gauche, celle-ci ne fera pas un raz-de-marée électoral», Aujourd'hui Le Maroc, 16 November 2009
- ^ L'AGD exprime sa ferme volonté de raffermir l'action commune entre ses composantes, Maghreb Arabe Presse, 27 January 2011
See also