Party of Progress and Socialism

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Party of Progress and Socialism
حزب التقدم والاشتراكية
Parti du progrès et du socialisme
ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵓⴼⴰⵔⴰ ⴷ ⵜⵏⵎⵍⴰ
General SecretaryNabil Benabdallah
Founded23 August 1974; 49 years ago (1974-08-23)
Preceded byParty of Liberation and Socialism
HeadquartersRabat
IdeologySocialism
Political positionLeft-wing
House of Representatives
22 / 395
House of Councillors
0 / 120
Pan-African Parliament
1 / 5
(Morocco seats)
Website
ppsmaroc.com

The Party of Progress and Socialism (

socialist political party in Morocco
.

History and profile

The party was founded in 1974[1] by Ali Yata as the successor of Moroccan Communist Party and Party of Liberation and Socialism.[2]

After the fall of the Eastern Bloc, the party distanced itself from communism and Arab socialism.

In the

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.[3]

The party won 12 out of 325 seats in the parliamentary election held in 2016.[4]

The PPS achieved its best result in the

Nabil Benabdellah was defeated in the Rabat constituency.[5]

Notable members

References

  1. ^ "Moroccan Political Parties". Riad Reviews. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. ISBN 978-1-135-30982-4
    . Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Le roi nomme un nouveau gouvernement après des tractations difficiles", Agence France-Presse, 15 October 2007 (in French).
  4. ^ "Morocco". European Forum. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. ^ "The Return of Liberals to Power in the Moroccan General Elections".

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