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1993 Moroccan General Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 25 June 1993, having originally been scheduled for October 1990, but postponed due to issues over the future of Western Sahara and a referendum on a new constitution, which took place in 1992. The number of directly elected seats increased from 204 to 222, whilst the number of indirectly elected seats rose from 102 to 111 (69 elected by Communal Councils, 15 by the Chamber of Agriculture, 10 by the Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 7 by the Chamber of Craftspeople and 10 by the Chamber of Labor Unions).Morocco: Parliamentary Chamber: Majliss-annouwab: Elections held in 1993 Inter-Parliamentary Union The indirectly elected seats were chosen on 17 September. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Moroccan General Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 14 September 1984, having originally been scheduled for September 1983, but postponed due to issues over the future of Western Sahara. The number of directly elected seats increased from 176 to 199, whilst the number of indirectly elected seats rose from 88 to 102 (60 elected by local councillors, 32 by professional bodies and 10 by workers' organisations).Morocco Inter-Parliamentary Union The indirectly elected seats were chosen on 2 October. Twelve parties and 1,333 candidates contested the election. The result was a victory for the Constitutional Union, which won 82 of the 301 seats. Voter turnout was 67.4%. |
1992 Moroccan Constitutional Referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Morocco on 4 September 1992.Historic overview of the Moroccan parliamentary experience Parliament of Morocco The amended constitution increased the number of seats in the Parliament from 306 to 333, with the number of directly elected seats rising from 204 to 222. It also allowed the Prime Minister to appoint the rest of the cabinet, and for legislation to be promulgated a month after being passed by the Parliament, regardless of whether the monarch had given assent. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Morocco
Elections in Morocco are held on a national level for the legislature. Parliament has two chambers. The Assembly of Representatives of Morocco (''Majlis AL-Nuwab/Assemblée des Répresentants'') has 325 members elected for a five-year term, 295 elected in multi-seat constituencies and 30 in national lists consisting only of women. The Assembly of Councillors (''Majlis al-Mustasharin'') has 120 members, elected for a six-year term, elected by local councils (162 seats), professional chambers (91 seats) and wage-earners (27 seats). Morocco has had a multi-party system since independence in 1955, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Since Morocco considers Western Sahara as part of its territory and administers large parts of it, the elections are also held there. 2006 fraud affair In October 2006, as many as 67 people were arrested for election fraud allegations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 In Morocco
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea gains independence; A major snow storm passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorists detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the United States., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Oslo I Accord rect 200 0 400 200 1993 Russian constitutional crisis rect 400 0 600 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Elections In Africa
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The White House (Moscow), Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefully Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF Waco siege, besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea gains independence; A major 1993 Storm of the Century, snow storm passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord and narcoterrorism, narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Military Forces of Colombia, Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorism, Islamic terrorists 1993 World Trade Center bombing, detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of List of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Movement (Morocco)
The Popular Movement ( ar, الحركة الشعبية; zgh, ⴰⵍⵃⴰⵔⴰⴽⴰ ⴰⵛⵛⴰⵄⴱⵉⵢⴰ; french: Mouvement populaire) is a royalism, royalist and traditionalist rural-focused political party in Morocco. It is a member of Liberal International. The party has a history of :fr:Wifaq, cooperating with two other parties with a liberal orientation, the National Rally of Independents and the Constitutional Union (Morocco), Constitutional Union, since 1993. History The Popular Movement was founded in 1957 by the Berbers, Berber tribal chief Mahjoubi Aherdane with help from Abdelkrim al-Khatib who founded later a splinter party (''Mouvement populaire démocratique et constitutionnel'') that became the Justice and Development Party (Morocco), Justice and Development Party. It was initially a rural party with conservative and tribal orientation, that unconditionally supported the monarchy and aimed at countering nationalist Istiqlal Party. Although the party has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istiqlal Party
The Istiqlal Party ( ar, حزب الإستقلال, translit=Ḥizb Al-Istiqlāl, lit=Independence Party; french: Parti Istiqlal; zgh, ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵉⵙⵜⵉⵇⵍⴰⵍ) is a political party in Morocco. It is a conservative and monarchist party and a member of the Centrist Democrat International and International Democrat Union. Istiqlal headed a coalition government under Abbas El Fassi from 19 September 2007 to 29 November 2011. From 2013 to 2021, it was part of the opposition. Since 2021 it is part of a coalition government led by Aziz Akhannouch. The party emerged in the anti-colonial struggle against French and Spanish imperial rule. History and profile The party was founded in April 1937 as the National Party for Istiqlal, and became the Istiqlal Party 10 December 1943. Istiqlal held strongly Arab nationalist views and was the main political force struggling for the independence of Morocco. The party was often critical of the ruling monarchy, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitutional Union (Morocco)
The Constitutional Union ( ar, الاتحاد الدستوري; zgh, ⴰⵍⵉⵜⵜⵉⴰⴷ ⴰⴷⴷⵓⵔⵜⵓⵔⵉ, translit=Tamunt Tamenḍawant; french: Union constitutionelle) is a political party in Morocco aligned with the ruling monarchy. The party has a history of cooperating with two other parties with a liberal orientation, the National Rally of Independents and the Popular Movement, since 1993. History The grouping was founded by then Prime Minister Maati Bouabid in 1983 and favoured by King Hassan II. In the 1984 parliamentary election, it won the greatest number of seats, but remained far from an absolute majority. Later it became an ordinary party without a special role in Morocco's multi-party system. The party is a full member of Liberal International Liberal International (LI) is a worldwide organization of liberal political parties - a political international. It was founded in Oxford in 1947 and has become the pre-eminent network for liberal p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Rally Of Independents
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Mona Lena Krook
Mona Lena Krook is an American political scientist. She is a Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, where she is also the Chair of the Women and Politics Ph.D. Program. She studies the political representation of women, particularly gender quotas in governments and the phenomenon of violence against women in politics. Education and early work Krook attended Columbia University, where she obtained a BA in political science in 1997. From 1997 to 1998, she was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Helsinki. Krook then returned to Columbia University, where she earned an MPhil in 1999, and a Certificate in Western European Studies and one in Feminist Scholarship in 2001. She graduated from Columbia University with a PhD in 2005, with a dissertation entitled ''Politicizing Representation: Campaigns for Candidate Gender Quotas Worldwide''. While she was a student, Krook had temporary affiliations with the Autonomous University of Madrid, the University of Oslo, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Franceschet
Susan Franceschet is a Canadian political scientist. She is a professor of political science at The University of Calgary. She studies the representation of women both in legislatures and government cabinets, gender quotas for the minimum representation of women in government, and the interaction of gender and public policy. She has written about women's participation in the politics of Chile. Education and positions Franceschet attended the University of Manitoba, where she graduate with a BA degree in history in 1994. She then attended Carleton University, earning an MA in political science in 1997 and a PhD in political science in 2001. In 2001, Franceschet joined the political science faculty at Acadia University. In 2006, she moved to the department of political science at the University of Calgary. In 2011 she also became a Senior Fellow in the Latin American Research Centre there. Research In 2005, Franceschet published the book ''Women and Politics in Chile''. In ''Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badia Skalli
Badia Skalli (born 1944) is a Moroccan politician. Alongside Latifa Bennani-Smires, she became one of the first two women in the House of Representatives when she was elected to parliament in 1993. Biography Skalli was born in El Jadida in 1944.Hinde Taarji (2000A Woman in the Lion's Den''UNESCO Courier'' She began studying law at the Casablanca branch of Mohammed V University in 1962, where she became involved in student politics, joining the executive committee of the National Union of Moroccan Students. Following student protests in 1965, all members of the committee were drafted into the army except Skalli. She also joined the National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP), which began operating underground. She married, but her husband was killed three years later in a road accident. Following a 1975 split in the UNFP, she became a founder member of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) and headed its women's section. She was a USFP candidate in the 1976 local elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
