Hamid Chabat ( ar, حميد شباط – born 17 August 1953,

Taza Province Taza is a province in the Moroccan region of Fès-Meknès. Its population at the 2004 Census was 743,237 The major cities and towns are* Ajdir, Taza * Aknoul * Matmata * Oued Amlil * Oulad Zbair * Tahla * Tainaste * Taza * Tizi Ouasli * Zrar ...

) is a Moroccan politician and the previous Secretary-General of the

Istiqlal Party The Istiqlal Party ( ar, حزب الإستقلال, translit=Ḥizb Al-Istiqlāl, lit=Independence Party; french: Parti Istiqlal; zgh, ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵉⵙⵜⵉⵇⵍⴰⵍ) is a political party in Morocco. It is a conservative and ...

. Hamid Chabat has been the mayor of

Fes Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...

since October 2003 and was elected on 23 September 2003 to lead his party, defeating rival Abdelouahed El Fassi, a relative of former incumbent

Abbas El Fassi Abbas El Fassi (; ar, عباس الفاسي; born 18 September 1940) was Moroccan politician and businessman, prime minister of Morocco from 19 September 2007 to 29 November 2011. El Fassi, a member of the Istiqlal Party, replaced independent ...

and grandson of

Allal El Fassi Muhammad Allal al-Fassi (ⵄⵍⵍⴰⵍ ⵍⴼⴰⵙⵉ) (January 10, 1910 – May 13, 1974), was a Moroccan politician, writer, poet and Islamic scholar. Politics He was born in Fes, Morocco. He studied at the University of Al-Qarawiyyin. Fo ...

. Before holding office, Chabat forged a name for himself in his party's

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

(

General Union of Moroccan Workers The General Union of Moroccan Workers (UGTM) is a national trade union center in Morocco. It was formed March 20, 1960 and has a membership of 695,000. The UGTM has its roots in the agricultural workers of Morocco, although it does have public and ...

aka UGTM). Chabat also owns a regional newspaper covering the Fes region. Chabat Left Istiqlal party to join Front of Democratic forces party in August 2021 ahead of the 2021 General Elections.

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https://chabatonline.ma/%d9%86%d8%af%d9%88%d8%a9-%d8%b5%d8%ad%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%ac-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%8a/

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Members of the House of Representatives (Morocco) Living people 1953 births People from Taza People from Fez, Morocco Moroccan newspaper editors Moroccan trade unionists Istiqlal Party politicians Mayors of places in Morocco {{Morocco-politician-stub

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