Abderrahim Bouabid (in

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: عبد الرحيم بوعبيد –23; b. March 1922 in

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– d. 8 January 1992 in Rabat) was a Moroccan politician, and head of the left-wing

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(SUPF) between 1975 and 1992.

Early life

Bouabid was born in the Medina of

, on 23 March 1922. He studied primary school in his hometown, before attending high school in Rabat, at Moulay Youssef high school. During that time, he frequented a number of distinguished personalities who shaped the future of the country. A friend of

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, the young Bouabid was introduced to the nationalist movement of the time, opposing the French presence in the country. In 1939, after graduating, he moved to

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to become a teacher, meeting nationalist organizations.

Political Engagement

Involved in politics since his youth, Bouabid became one of the youngest activists and politicians to sign the

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, a manifesto presented by the

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on 11 January 1944 demanding full independence from France and Spain, national reunification, and a democratic constitution. On 28 January 1944, Bouabid led a big demonstration in

denouncing the arrest of some influential figures of his party. He was jailed alongside a number of

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leaders before being released a year later. In 1946 he joined his friend

in France to write a report on the Moroccan situation and submit it to the United Nations. While living in France, he pursued his law studies at university and became a lawyer in 1949.Abderrahim Bouabid Biography – Al Jazeera (2014) – in Arabic.
/ref> Once Morocco was granted independence, Bouabid was named State Minister for Negotiations under Mbarek Bekkay's government. In 1956, he became Ambassador of Morocco in Paris, and he was later appointed a Minister of National Economy. On 12 May 1958, he was in charge of the Ministry of National Economy and Agriculture in

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’s cabinet. He was Minister of Economy and Finance from December 1958 to May 1960.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouabid, Abderrahim 1922 births 1992 deaths 20th-century Moroccan lawyers Finance ministers of Morocco Moroccan politicians Moroccan revolutionaries Moroccan writers National Union of Popular Forces politicians People from Salé