Mustafa Hamed Mohamed (October 17, 1959 in

Melilla Melilla ( , ; ; rif, Mřič ; ar, مليلية ) is an autonomous city of Spain located in north Africa. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was par ...

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), better known as Mustafa Aberchán after his Riffian clan name, is a Spanish politician from

. He is the leader of the political organization

Coalition for Melilla Coalition for Melilla ( es, Coalición por Melilla, CpM) is a political party in the Spanish city of Melilla. History The party was formed shortly before the 1995 municipal regional elections of Melilla, as a split from the Spanish Socialist Worke ...

. He was the Mayor-President of the city from July 5, 1999, to July 19, 2000, with backing from the

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español ; PSOE ) is a social-democraticThe PSOE is described as a social-democratic party by numerous sources: * * * * political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in gov ...

and the

Independent Liberal Group The Liberal Independent Group ( es, Grupo Independiente Liberal, GIL) was a right-wing Spanish political party, founded in 1991 by the businessman Jesús Gil y Gil who was mayor of Marbella in the Costa del Sol, and convicted of corruption. "GIL" ...

, which made him the first Muslim to hold this position.

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1959 births Living people Mayor-Presidents of Melilla Members of the Assembly of Melilla Coalition for Melilla politicians Spanish people of Moroccan-Berber descent Spanish Berber politicians Spanish Muslims People from Melilla {{Spain-mayor-stub