List of political parties in Morocco
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This article lists political parties in Morocco.
political parties to seek coalition governments. However, the Prime Minister appointed by the King from the party that achieved a plurality in the parliamentary elections, and other four main cabinet ministers are appointed by the King of Morocco.[1]
Since Morocco considers the disputed territory of Western Sahara to be its Southern Provinces, the political parties are also active in those parts of the territory administered by Morocco.[2]
Parties represented in parliament
Party | Abbr. | Est. | Leader | Political position |
Ideology | Councillors | Representatives | |
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: ⴰⴳⵔⴰⵡ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵢ ⵉⵏⵙⵉⵎⴰⵏⵏ | RNI | 1978 | Aziz Akhannouch | Centre to centre-right |
Classical liberalism Economic liberalism Monarchism |
27 / 120
|
102 / 395
| |
: ⴰⵎⵓⵍⵍⵉ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵥⵖⵓⵕⵜ ⴷ ⵜⴰⵎⵜⵔⴰⵔⵜ | PAM | 2008 | Abdellatif Ouahbi | Centre Third way to Radical centre |
Reformism Monarchism Social liberalism |
19 / 120
|
87 / 395
| |
: ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵉⵙⵜⵉⵇⵍⴰⵍ | PI | 1937 | Nizar Baraka | Centre-right | Conservatism Nationalism |
17 / 120
|
81 / 395
| |
Arabic: الاتحاد الاشتراكي للقوات الشعبية : ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵍⴰⵢⵜ ⵏⵉⵖⴰⵍⵍⵏ ⵉⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰⵏⵏFrench: Union socialiste des forces populaires Berber languages |
USFP | 1975 | Driss Lachgar | Centre-left | Social democracy Democratic socialism Progressivism Social liberalism |
8 / 120
|
34 / 395
| |
: ⴰⵎⵓⵙⵙⵓ ⴰⵎⴷⵏⴰⵏ | MP | 1957 | Mohand Laenser | Centre-right | Conservative liberalism Monarchism |
12 / 120
|
28 / 395
| |
: ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵓⴼⴰⵔⴰ ⴷ ⵜⵏⵎⵍⴰ | PPS | 1974 | Nabil Benabdallah | Left-wing | Progressivism Socialism |
0 / 120
|
22 / 395
| |
: ⴰⵍⵉⵜⵜⵉⴰⴷ ⴰⴷⴷⵓⵙⵜⵓⵔⵉ | UC | 1983 | Mohammed Sajid | Centre-right | Monarchism Liberal conservatism Conservative liberalism Economic liberalism Populism |
3 / 120
|
18 / 395
| |
: ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵏⵣⵣⴰⵔⴼⵓⵜ ⴷ ⵜⴰⵏⴼⵍⵉⵜ | PJD | 1998 | Saadeddine Othmani | Right-wing | 3 / 120
|
13 / 395
| ||
: Mouvement démocratique et social | MDS | 1996 | Mahmoud Archane | Centre-right
|
Royalism
Makhzenism |
1 / 120
|
5 / 395
| |
: Front des forces démocratiques | FFD | 1997 | Thami El Khyari | Left-wing | Socialism | 0 / 120
|
3 / 395
| |
: Parti de l'espoir | PE | 1999 | Mohamed Beni Ould Baraka |
Centre | Modernism Liberalism Socialism |
1 / 120
|
0 / 395
| |
: ⵜⴰⴼⵉⴷⵉⵔⴰⵍⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵓⵥⵍⵎⴰⴹ ⴰⵎⴰⴳⴷⴰⵢ | FGD | 2007 | Left-wing | Socialism Progressivism Anti-imperialism |
0 / 120
|
1 / 395
| ||
: ⴰⵎⵓⵍⵍⵉ ⴰⵙⵔⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵏⵏ | PSU | 2005 | Nabila Mounib | Left-wing | Democratic socialism Progressivism Left-wing nationalism Anti-imperialism |
0 / 120
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1 / 395
| |
Unions | ||||||||
: Union marocaine du travail | UMT | 1955 | Miloudi Moukharik | — | Labourism | 8 / 120
|
0 / 395
| |
: Confédération générale des entreprises du Maroc | CGEM | 1947 | Chakib Alj | — | Employers' organization | 8 / 120
|
0 / 395
| |
: Union générale des travailleurs du Maroc | UGTM | 1960 | Enaam Mayara | — | Labourism Aligned with PI |
6 / 120
|
0 / 395
| |
: Union national du travail au Maroc | UNTM | 1973 | Abdelslam Maâti | — | Labourism Aligned with PJD |
2 / 120
|
0 / 395
| |
: Fédération démocratique du travail | FDT | 2003 | Tayeb Mounchid | — | Labourism | 1 / 120
|
0 / 395
|
Parties without parliamentary representation
- Action Party (Parti de l'Action)
- Annahj Addimocrati
- Citizens' Forces (Forces Citoyennes, Alqiwa alwatania)
- Democratic and Social Movement (Mouvement Démocratique et Social, Alharaka addimoqratia wa ashabia)
- Democratic Independence Party (Parti Démocratique et de l'Indépendance, Hizbo ashoura wa alistiqlal)
- Democratic Way (La voie démocratique)
- Green Party for Development (Parti des verts pour le développement)
- Izigzawen
- Moroccan Liberal Party (Parti Marocain Libéral, Alhizbo almaghribi allibirali)
- Moroccan Union for Democracy (Union Marocaine pour la Démocratie)
- Covenant Party
- Party of Liberty and Social Justice (Parti de la Liberté et de la Justice Sociale)
- Party of Renaissance and Virtue (Parti de la renaissance et de la vertu, Hizb en-nahda wal fadila), 2006 splinter from the Justice and Development Party
- Party of Renewal and Equity (Parti du Renouveau et de l'Équité)
- Party of the Social Center (Parti du centre social)
- Reform and Development Party (Parti de la Réforme et du Développement, Hizbo alisslahi wa attanmia)
- Renaissance Party (Parti Annahda)
- Social Centre Party (Parti du Centre Social)
Defunct parties
- Democratic Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste Démocratique)
- Labour Party (Parti travailliste, Hizb al’amali), splinter from the Socialist Union of Popular Forces
- National Union of Popular Forces (Union nationale des forces populaires)
- National Congress Party
- Amazigh Moroccan Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Morocain Amazigh, PDAM, judicially dissolved and recreated under the denomination Izigzawen)
Banned parties
- Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Ila al-Amam
- Party of al-Badil al-Hadari(Parti de l'alternative civilisationnelle)
See also
- Politics of Morocco
- List of political parties by country
References
- ^ "The Constitutional Monarchy Option in Morocco and Bahrain". Middle East Policy Council.
- ^ I. Berman, Ilan. "What Morocco's Elections Mean".