The Party of Progress and Socialism ( ar, حزب التقدم والاشتراكية, translit=Hizb Al-Taqadoum Wal-Ishtirakiyeh; zgh, ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵓⴼⴰⵔⴰ ⴷ ⵜⵏⵎⵍⴰ; french: Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme, PPS) is a left-wing socialist political party in Morocco.

History and profile

The party was founded in 1974 by

Ali Yata Ali Yata was a Moroccan communist leader. He was born in Tangier on 25 August 1920. Yata took part in the foundation of the Moroccan Communist Party (PCM) in 1943. After a few years he became the general secretary of the party, replacing the foun ...

as the successor of Moroccan Communist Party and Party of Liberation and Socialism. After the fall of the

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, the party distanced itself from communism. In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 11 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 17 out of 325 seats. The PPS was included in the government of Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi, formed on 15 October 2007. The party won 12 out of 325 seats in the parliamentary election held in 2016. The PPS achieved its best result in the

2021 Moroccan general election General elections were held in Morocco on 8 September 2021 to elect 395 members of the House of Representatives. The National Rally of Independents led by Aziz Akhannouch won the most seats (102), a gain of 65 seats from the prior election. The ...

winning 22 out of 395 seats and was able to form a parliamentary group for the first time in the party's history, despite the fact that party leader

Nabil Benabdellah Mohamed Nabil Benabdallah (born 3 June 1959) is a Moroccan politician who has served as Minister of Housing and Urbanism of Morocco since 2012, as part of the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane. Born in Rabat, Nabil Benabdallah started his career as ...

was defeated in the

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constituency.

Notable Members

Anas Doukkali Anas Doukkali is a professor and a Moroccan politician. He served as the Minister of Health from 2018 to 2019 Political career Anas Doukkali was the former Minister of Health in Morocco. He was a former politician for the Party of Progress and ...

: Minister of Health (2018-2019) *

El Hossein El Ouardi El Hossein El Ouardi ( ar, الحسين الوردي; born 22 September 1954) is a Moroccan politician of the Party of Progress and Socialism. From 3 January 2012 to 24 October 2017, he held the position of Minister of Health in Abdelilah Benkira ...

: Minister of Health (2012-2017) * Nabil Benabdallah : Minister of Housing, Urbanism and Policy of the City (2012-2013), General Secretary of the Party of Progress and Socialism (2010-) *

Abdelouahed Souhail Abdelouahed Souhail ( ar, عبد الواحد سهيل - born 1946, Casablanca) is a Moroccan politician of the Party of Progress and Socialism. Since 3 January 2012, he holds the position of Minister of Employment and Vocational Training in Abd ...

: Minister of Employment and Vocational Training (2012-2013)

References

External links

Official websitePPS parliamentary group
1974 establishments in Morocco Political parties established in 1974 Political parties in Morocco Socialist parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub