The Al-Ahd Party (; ) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

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 ...

History and profile

Al Ahd party was established in March 2002. The founder was Nayib Al Uazzani. At the last

legislative A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known ...

elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

, 27 September 2002, the party won 5 out of 325 seats. In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won together with the National Democratic Party 14 out of 325 seats. It merged into the Authenticity and Modernity Party in 2008, but soon it left the party the same year. Najib Ouazzani founded ''Al Ahd Addimocrati'' ( fr.) in 2009, after Al Ahd merged with the PAM.

Notable members of Al Ahd

Najib Ouazzani Najib or Najeeb ( ar, نجيب) is an Arabic male given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Najib ad-Dawlah Yousafzai (died 1770), Pashtun warrior who fought in the Third Battle of Panipat * Najib Amhali (born 1971), Moroc ...

, long-time Secretary General of the party. *

Said Chaou Said Chaou ( ar, سعيد شوعو, born 1967), is a Moroccan- Dutch politician. He has been an MP in the Moroccan parliament between 2007 and 2010, before leaving the country in the same year and gradually becoming a vocal critic of the policy o ...

, MP between 2007 and 2010, currently exiled in the Netherlands.

References

2002 establishments in Morocco Defunct political parties in Morocco Political parties established in 2002 Socialist parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub