Abdellatif Ouahbi ( ar, عبد اللطيف وهبي; born 28 July 1961 in

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) is a Moroccan lawyer and politician. He was elected MP in 2016 and then Secretary General of 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 2020.انتخاب السيد عبد اللطيف وهبي أمينا عاما جديدا لحزب الأصالة والمعاصرة
برقية تهنئة من جلالة الملك إلى السيد عبد اللطيف وهبي
Since 2021, he has been serving as Minister of Justice in the government of

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Aziz Akhannouch Aziz Akhannouch (; ; born 1961) is a Moroccan politician, businessman, and billionaire who is currently the Prime Minister of Morocco since his government took office on 7 October 2021. He is the CEO of Akwa Group and also served as Minister of A ...

Early life

Abdellatif Ouahbi was born on 28 July 1961 in Taroudant, Morocco.

Career

Ouahbi began his political career in 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� ...

, of which he was a member from 1976 to 1991. He then joined the

Socialist Democratic Vanguard Party The Socialist Democratic Vanguard Party (french: Parti de l'avant-garde démocratique socialiste, PADS; ) is a political party in Morocco. History and profile The party was founded in principle in 1991, after having previously emerged as a factio ...

in 1991 before leaving it for the Authenticity and Modernity Party in 2010. In 2011, during the legislative elections, Ouahbi was elected deputy to the House of Representatives in the Taroudant-North constituency. He was re-elected in 2016. During this term, he presided over the Commission of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights. In February 2020, he became Secretary General of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM). In September 2021, Ouahbi was elected Mayor of Taroudant. During a conference in November 2022, Ouahbi stated that a new law would be drafted imposing 21 years of child support payment on the fathers of children born out of wedlock. In January 2023, Ouahbi was severely implicated in a scandal regarding the Moroccan

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. The pass threshold was set abnormally low (2%). Among the only successful candidates were several children of Moroccan politicians, including the Ouahbi's own children. On 24 January 2023, Ouahbi sued a student who failed the bar exam causing a great fuss in the kingdom.

References

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