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

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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 found ...

as the successor of

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and

Party of Liberation and Socialism The Party of Liberation and Socialism ( ar, حزب التحرر والاشتراكية; french: Parti de la libération et du socialisme, abbr. PLS) was a communist party in Morocco that existed from 1968 to 1974. Ali Yata was the general secreta ...

. After the fall of the Eastern Bloc, the party distanced itself from

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. In the

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held on 27 September 2002, the party won 11 out of 325 seats. In the next

, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 17 out of 325 seats. The PPS was included in the government of

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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 D ...

, formed on 15 October 2007. The party won 12 out of 325 seats in the

held in 2016. The PPS achieved its best result in the

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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 was defeated in the Rabat constituency.

Notable Members

* Anas Doukkali : Minister of Health (2018-2019) * El Hossein El Ouardi : Minister of Health (2012-2017) *

Nabil Benabdallah 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 a ...

: Minister of Housing, Urbanism and Policy of the City (2012-2013), General Secretary of the Party of Progress and Socialism (2010-) * Abdelouahed Souhail : 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