The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates (french: Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, de la Coopération Africaine et des Marocains Résidant à l'Étranger, ar, وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون الإفريقي والمغاربة المقيمين بالخارج), MAEC, ar, وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون). is the foreign affairs ministry of

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

, responsible for implementing Morocco's foreign policy and ensuring relations with foreign states. Its head office is in

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

and is one of the so-called "regalian" (royal) ministries alongside the ministries of Defense, Justice,

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

and the Interior.Contact Us
" Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Retrieved on March 12, 2014. "Address: 7 rue F. Roosevelt Rabat" Since 5 April 2017,

Nasser Bourita Nasser Bourita ( ar, ناصر بوريطة; born ) is a Morocco, Moroccan diplomat serving as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates (Morocco), Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Ex ...

is the incumbent minister, and is assisted by his junior minister,

Abdelkrim Benatiq ʻAbd al-Karīm (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الكريم) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, also a surname. It is built from the Arabic words ''Abd (Arabic), ʻabd'' and ''al-Karīm'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, w ...

, who serves as the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of Moroccans living abroad and Migration Affairs.

Organization and structure

The ministry was created by Dahir No. 1-56-097 of 26 April 1956, four months after the formation of the government of Mbarek Bekkay, first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco. The ministry is headed by the Secretary of State, currently Mounia Boucetta since April 2017. As of 2017, the ministry manages and staffs 91 embassies, 53 consulates-general and several Permanent Missions.

List of ministers

Ahmed Balafrej Ahmed Balafrej (Arabic: ; September 5, 1908, in Rabat – April 14, 1990, in Rabat) was the Prime Minister of Morocco between May 12, 1958, and December 2, 1958. He was a significant figure in the struggle for the independence of Morocco. Biogr ...

(1956 – 1958) *

Abdallah Ibrahim Abdallah Ibrahim (; 24 August 1918, in Tameslouht– 11 September 2005, in Casablanca) was a Moroccan politician and a figure of the national movement and was the left-wing Prime Minister of Morocco between December 16, 1958, and May 20, 1960. He ...

(1958 – 1960) *

Driss M'Hammedi Driss M'Hammedi (March 30, 1912 – March 9, 1969) was a Morocco, Moroccan politician and diplomat. He served as Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Morocco), minister of foreign affairs in 1960–61. Biography Dris ...

(1960 – 1961) *

(1961 – 1963) *

Ahmed Réda Guédira Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

(1963 – 1964) *

Ahmed Taibi Benhima Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

(1964 – 1966) * Mohamed Cherkaoui (1966 – 1967) *

Ahmed Laraki Ahmed Moulay Laraki (Arabic: أحمد العراقي; ‎ born 15 October 1931 – 2 November 2020) was Moroccan politician and a figure of the national movement and was the Prime Ministers of Morocco between October 6, 1969, and August 6, 1971. ...

(1967 – 1971) *

Abdellatif Filali Abdellatif Filali ( ar, عبد اللطيف الفيلالي; 26 January 1928 – 20 March 2009) was a Moroccan politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Morocco from 25 May 1994 to 4 February 1998. He was the 11th prime minister o ...

(1971 – 1972) *

(1972 – 1974) *

(1974 – 1977) * M'hamed Boucetta (1977 – 1983) *

Abdelouahed Belkeziz Abdelouahed Belkeziz, (; ar, عبد الواحد بلقزيز; 5 July 1939 – 19 October 2021) was a Moroccan lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He served as the eighth Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) from ...

(1983 – 1985) *

(1985 – 1999) *

Mohamed Benaissa Mohamed Benaissa ( ar, محمد بن عيسى; born 3 January 1937) is a Moroccan politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Morocco from 1999 to 2007. Early life and education Benaissa was born on 3 January 1937 in Asilah, Morocco. He ...

(April, 1999 – October 15, 2007) *

Taieb Fassi Fihri Taieb Fassi Fihri (born 9 April 1958) is a Moroccan politician who is Counsellor to King Mohammed VI since 2012. He was Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 2007, then foreign minister from 2007 to 2012. Education and career Fa ...

(October 15, 2007 – January 3, 2012) *

Saad-Eddine El Othmani Saadeddine Othmani ( ber, ⵙⴰⵄⴷ ⴷⴷⵉⵏ ⵍⵄⵓⵜⵎⴰⵏⵉ; ar, سعد الدين العثماني; born 16 January 1956), sometimes translated as Saad Eddine el-Othmani, is a Moroccan politician. He served as the 16th prime mi ...

(January 3, 2012 – October 10, 2013) *

Salaheddine Mezouar Salaheddine Mezouar ( ar, صلاح الدين مزوار – born 11 December 1953, Meknes) is a Moroccan politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 October 2013 until 2017. Career In 2004, he was appointed Minister of Industry, Trade ...

(October 10, 2013 – 5 April 2017) *

(5 April 2017 – present)

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List of ministers

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