The New Moroccan Government

King Mohammed VI on Monday appointed the new Government upon proposal from Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi whose conservative Istiqlal Party won the September 7 legislative elections.

The thirty-four member Government (including the Prime minsiter, 22 Ministers, 4 Delegate Ministers and 7 Secretaries of State) were sworn in.

The new Government is made up of a coalition of four parties, the Istiqlal (PI, 9 portfolios in addition to the Prime Minister), the National Rally of Independents (RNI, 7 portfolios), the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP, 5 portfolios) and the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS, 2 portfolios). The ten other members of the government have no political affiliation.

For the first time in Morocco's history, seven women will be part of a government including 5 ministers and 2 Secretaries of State.

The government, which comprises 16 new comers, stems from the September 7 legislative elections to renew the 325-member House of Representatives (lower house). Thirty-three parties participated in the polls that were marked by a record-low turnout of 37% of the 15.5 million eligible voters.

Here-follows, the list of the Government

- Abbas El Fassi: Prime Minister
- Mohamed El Yazghi: Minister of State
- Abdelwahed Radi: Minister of Justice
- Chakib Benmoussa: Minister of Interior
- Taieb Fassi Fihri: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
- Ahmed Toufiq: Minister of Habous (endowments)and Islamic affairs
- Abdessadek Rabiî: Secretary General of the government
- Mohamed Saad Alami: Minister in charge of Relations with the Parliament
- Salaheddine Mezouar: Minister of Economy and Finance
- Karim Ghellab: Minister of Equipment and Transport
- Ahmed Taoufiq Hejira: Minister of Housing, Town Planning and Development
- Mohamed Boussaid: Minister of Tourism and Craft Industry
- Amina Benkhadra: Minister of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment (new)
- Yasmina Baddou: Minister of Health
- Nawal El Moutawakil: Minister of Youth and Sports (new)
- Aziz Akhenouch: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (new)
- Ahmed Akhchichine: Minister of National Education, Higher Education, Staff Training, and Scientific Research (new)
- Khalid Naciri: Minister of Communication and Government Spokesman (new)
- Jamal Aghmani: Minister of Employment and Vocational Training (new)
- Ahmed Chami: Minister of Industry, Trade and New Technologies (new)
- Abdellatif Maâzouz: Minister of Foreign Trade (new)
- Nouzha Skalli: Minister of Social Development, Family and Solidarity (new)
- Touriya Jabrane: Minister of Culture (new)
- Abderrahmane Sbaï: Delegate Minister to the Prime Minister in charge of National Defense
- Nizar Baraka: Delegate Minister to the Prime Minister in charge of Economic and General Affairs (new)
- Mohamed Abbou: Delegate Minister to the Prime Minister in charge of Public Sectors Modernization (new)
- Mohammed Ameur: Delegate Minister to the Prime Minister in charge of Moroccan expatriates (new)
- Abdelkébir Zahoud: Secretary of State to the Minister of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment, in charge of Water and Environment (new)
- Anis Birou: Secretary of State to the Minister of Tourism and Craft Industry, in charge of Craft Industry
- Saad Hassar: Secretary of State to the Minister of Interior (new)
- Latifa Labida: Secretary of State to the Minister of National Education, Higher Education, Staff Training, and Scientific Research, in charge of Primary and Secondary Education (new)
- Ahmed Lakhrif: Secretary of State to the Minister in charge Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (new)
- Latifa Akherbach: Secretary of State to the Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (new)
- Abdeslam Al Mesbahi: Secretary of State to the Minister of Housing, Town Planning and Development, in charge of Territorial Development (new).