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2007 Moroccan General Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 7 September 2007, the second of King Mohammed VI's reign. Voter turnout was estimated to be 37%, the lowest in Moroccan political history. There were 33 different parties and 13 independent candidates competing for 325 assembly seats. An amount of $61 million was allocated by the Moroccan government to organize the 2007 elections. The number of constituencies was increased from 91 to 95 before this election.Morocco's electoral constituencies increased to 95
People's Daily, 24 August 2007
Interior minister claimed the changes were made "in accordance with objectivity and transparency." However ...
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2002 Moroccan General Election
General elections were held in Morocco on 27 September 2002. The elections were the first since King Mohammed VI of Morocco had come to the throne in 1999 and international observers saw it as a test of his commitment to democracy. The election saw an Islamist party the Justice and Development Party make strong gains but the outgoing government kept a majority in the Assembly of Representatives. Campaign The election took place under a revised voting system in which 325 deputies were elected from 91 constituencies. The new rules guaranteed women would be at least 10% of the Assembly of Representatives by reserving 30 seats for them. In total 5,865 candidates from 26 political parties and 5 lists of independents stood in the election including 965 female candidates. With many voters illiterate, each party had different symbols such as a car, alarm clock, horse, wasp or lamp which were printed on the ballot paper for voters to select. Even the prime minister, Abderrahmane Yous ...
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Environment And Development Party
The Environment and Development Party (french: Parti de l'Environnement et du Développement) was a political party in Morocco. History and profile The party was founded in April 2002. The founder was Ahmed Alami. In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 2 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 2.9% of the votes and 5 out of 325 seats. It was dissolved and merged into the Authenticity and Modernity Party The Authenticity and Modernity Party ( ar, حزب الأصالة والمعاصرة, translit=ḥizb al-ʾaṣāla wa-l-muʿāṣira; zgh, ⴰⵎⵓⵍⵍⵉ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵥⵖⵓⵕⵜ ⴷ ⵜⴰⵎⵜⵔⴰⵔⵜ, translit=amulli n taẓɣoṛt ... in 2008. References {{Moroccan political parties 2002 establishments in Morocco 2008 disestablishments in Morocco Political parties established in 2002 Political parties disestablished in 2008 Defunct political parties in Morocco Green pa ...
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Citizens' Forces
The Citizens' Forces (french: Forces Citoyennes) is a political party in Morocco. History and profile The party was founded in November 2001. The founder is Abderrahim Lahyuyi. In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 2 out of 325 seats. At the turning of 2005, it went into an alliance with the PJD. In the parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ... held on 7 September 2007, the party won 1 out of 325 seats. References 2001 establishments in Morocco Political parties established in 2001 Political parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub ...
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Mohamed Khalidi
Muhammad was an Islamic prophet and a religious and political leader who preached and established Islam. Muhammad and variations may also refer to: *Muhammad (name), a given name and surname, and list of people with the name and its variations Persons with the name Muhammad and no other name *Muhammad (Bavandid ruler), 13th-century Iranian monarch *Muhammad V of Kelantan (born 1969), 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Sultan of Kelantan *Mohammed VI of Morocco (born 1963), King of Morocco * Muhammed VII, Sultan of Granada (1370–1408) *Muhammad VII of Bornu of the Sayfawa dynasty (1731–1747) * Muhammed VIII, Sultan of Granada (1411–1431) * Mohammed VIII of Bornu of the Sayfawa dynasty (1811–1814) Places * Mohammad-e Olya, a village in Fars Province, Iran * Mohammad, Gachsaran, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran * Mohammad, Kohgiluyeh, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran * Mohammad, Sistan and Baluchestan, a village in Sistan and Baluch ...
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Party Of Renaissance And Virtue
The Party of Renaissance and Virtue (french: Parti de la Renaissance et de la Vertu) is a political party in Morocco. It defines itself as moderate Islamist. However, Siham Ali of '' Magharebia'' describes it as an Islamist party. History and profile This party is a splinter group from the Justice and Development Party (PJD), initially founded on 9 April 2004 by Mohamed Khalidi, a founding member of the PJD and former member of its political bureau, under the name Movement of Vigilance and Virtue, then formally organized as a political party on 25 December 2005. As of 2011 the secretary general of the party was Mohamed Khalidi. The party has an Islamist stance. On 8 June 2013 salafist politicians joined the party. Coalition membership Before the 2011 parliamentary elections it joined with 7 other Moroccan parties (National Rally of Independents, Authenticity and Modernity Party, Constitutional Union, Popular Movement, Socialist Party, Labour Party and Green Left Party) to form ...
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Citizen Initiative For Development
The Citizen Initiative for Development (french: Initiative citoyenne pour le développement) was a political party in Morocco. History and profile The party was founded in 2002. In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party did win 1 out of 325 seats. It was dissolved and merged into the Authenticity and Modernity Party The Authenticity and Modernity Party ( ar, حزب الأصالة والمعاصرة, translit=ḥizb al-ʾaṣāla wa-l-muʿāṣira; zgh, ⴰⵎⵓⵍⵍⵉ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵥⵖⵓⵕⵜ ⴷ ⵜⴰⵎⵜⵔⴰⵔⵜ, translit=amulli n taẓɣoṛt ... in 2008. References 2002 establishments in Morocco 2008 disestablishments in Morocco Political parties established in 2002 Political parties disestablished in 2008 Defunct political parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub ...
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Abdelmajid Bouzoubaa
ʻAbd al-Majīd (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد المجيد) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Majīd'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the All-glorious". It is rendered in Turkish as ''Abdülmecid''. There is a distinct but closely related name, ʻAbd al-Mājid ( ar, عبد الماجد), with a similar meaning, formed on the Qur'anic name ''al-Mājid''. Some of the names below are instance of the latter one. 'Abd al-Majid may refer to: Males Given name *Abdülmecid I (1823–1861), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire *Abdülmecid II (1868–1944), Head of the Ottoman Imperial House and the final Ottoman Caliph * Abdul Madzhid (Dagestan rebel) (died 2008), leader in the Second Chechen War * Abdul Majeed (cricketer, born 1993), Pakistani cricketer * Abdul Majeed (Kalat cricketer), Pakistani cricketer *Abdul Majid (physicist), Pa ...
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Socialist Party (Morocco)
The Socialist Party (french: Parti Socialiste; ar, الحزب الاشتراكي) was a political party in Morocco. In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party did win 2 out of 325 seats. It merged on 24 July 2013 into the Socialist Union of Popular Forces The Socialist Union of Popular Forces ( ar, الاتحاد الاشتراكي للقوات الشعبية, translit=Al-Ittihad Al-Ishtirakiy Lilqawat Al-Sha'abiyah; zgh, ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵍⴰⵢⵜ ⵏⵉⵖⴰⵍⵍⵏ ⵉⴳ ... party. 2006 establishments in Morocco 2013 disestablishments in Morocco Defunct political parties in Morocco Defunct socialist parties Political parties disestablished in 2013 Political parties established in 2006 Socialist parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub ...
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Moroccan Union For Democracy
The Moroccan Union for Democracy (french: Union Marocaine pour la Démocratie) is a political party in Morocco. In the parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ..., held on 7 September 2007, the party won 2 out of 325 seats. Political parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub ...
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Abdellah Kadiri
Abdellah Kadiri (10 May 1937 – 24 September 2019) was a Moroccan politician and military officer. He was the co-founder of the National Democratic Party (PND) in 1982 and its secretary general until its merger with the party authenticity and modernity in 2008. He was also a former colonel of the Moroccan army. Career Abdellah Kadiri graduated from the 1956–1957 class at the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr. He joined the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) in 1956, he regained his independence and left the FAR in 1973. He helped Ahmed Osman, the brother-in-law of King Hassan II to create the National Rally of Independents (RNI) before founding his left the PND in 1982 with the blessing of the king and then Minister of the Interior Driss Basri. In 1990, he was appointed Minister of Tourism at the government of Azzeddine Laraki. He failed in 2007 in the parliamentary elections in his native region. In 2008, he accepts the merger (as well as four other parties) with the Party aut ...
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Party Of Renewal And Equity
The Party of Renewal and Equity (french: Parti du Renouveau et de l'Équité, PRE) is a political party in Morocco. History and profile The party was founded in 2002. In the Moroccan parliamentary election, 2007, parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 4 out of 325 seats. References

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Unified Socialist Party (Morocco)
The Unified Socialist Party (french: Parti Socialiste Unifié, PSU; ar, الحزب الاشتراكي الموحد), previously known as the Party of the Unified Socialist Left (french: Parti de la Gauche Socialiste Unifiée, PGSU; ), is a democratic socialist political party in Morocco. History and profile The Unified Socialist Party is a mixture of various movements that sprung up throughout the 1960s and 1970s. It first started with the spin-off "23 Mars" (a reference to the 23 March 1965 students' uprising), a radical, Maoist student fraction of the largest group in opposition to the Moroccan monarchy, the National Union of Popular Forces. The Party of the Unified Socialist Left was founded by Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder in 2002. The Unified Socialist Party was founded in 2005 as a merger of the Party of the Unified Socialist Left and the “Fidélité à la Démocratie” association. The party boycotted the 2011 parliamentary election. Nabila Mounib is the secretary-genera ...
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