Moroccan Liberal Party
The Liberal Moroccan Party (french: Parti Marocain Libéral) is a political party in Morocco. History and profile The party was established in March 2002 as a splinter from the Constitutional Union Party by the attorney Mohammed Ziane, former delegate Minister for Human Rights in the Abdellatif Filali government, 1994–1998. In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 3 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ..., held on 7 September 2007, the party did not win any seats. References 2002 establishments in Morocco Liberal parties in Morocco Political parties established in 2002 Political parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. It is extremely rare for a country to have Non-partisan democracy, no political parties. Some countries have Single-party state, only one political party while others have Multi-party system, several. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to be an essential part of democracy. Part ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south. Mauritania lies to the south of Western Sahara. Morocco also claims the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. It spans an area of or , with a population of roughly 37 million. Its official and predominant religion is Islam, and the official languages are Arabic and Berber; the Moroccan dialect of Arabic and French are also widely spoken. Moroccan identity and culture is a mix of Arab, Berber, and European cultures. Its capital is Rabat, while its largest city is Casablanca. In a region inhabited since the Paleolithic Era over 300,000 years ago, the first Moroccan st ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Mohammed Ziane
Mohammed Ziane ( ar, محمد زيان, born 14 February 1943) is a Moroccan lawyer and politician who is currently imprisoned in the El Arjat Penitentiary in Salé. He was the Bâtonnier of the Moroccan Bar Association, an MP for the Constitutional Party during the 80s until 1995 and served as Minister-Delegate for Human Rights between 1996 and 1997. In 2001, he founded the Moroccan Liberal Party, and served as its National Coordinator ever since. In February 2022, following a clash with Abdellatif Hammouchi, a close associate of the King Mohammed VI, and the Director of the Moroccan Police and head of the Moroccan internal intelligence agency, DGST, he was sentenced to three years in prison on a number of charges which included defying emergency health orders for the COVID-19 pandemic, sexual harassment accusations, ''diffusing accusations against a woman because of her gender'', in addition to ''diffusing disrespectful declarations against Abdellatif Hammouchi personally'', ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdellatif Filali
Abdellatif Filali ( ar, عبد اللطيف الفيلالي; 26 January 1928 – 20 March 2009) was a Moroccan politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Morocco from 25 May 1994 to 4 February 1998. He was the 11th prime minister of Morocco and served under king Hassan II. Filali was known to have progressive views. Early life Filali was born in February 26, 1929 in Beni Mellal, Morocco. The son of a cadi, Abdellatif Filali had studied law in France before opting for a diplomatic career. Career He began his diplomatic career at the United Nations as Chargé d'affaires of Morocco between 1958 and 1959 in New York, then in France from 1961 to 1962. On June 17, 1968 He became Minister of Higher Education in the Mohamed Benhima government. On August 4, 1971, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Mohammed Karim Lamrani government, on April 12, 1972 he was reappointed to the same position. In 1973, he was appointed Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moroccan Parliamentary Election, 2002
General elections were held in Morocco on 27 September 2002. The elections were the first since King Mohammed VI of Morocco had come to the throne in 1999 and international observers saw it as a test of his commitment to democracy. The election saw an Islamist party the Justice and Development Party make strong gains but the outgoing government kept a majority in the Assembly of Representatives. Campaign The election took place under a revised voting system in which 325 deputies were elected from 91 constituencies. The new rules guaranteed women would be at least 10% of the Assembly of Representatives by reserving 30 seats for them. In total 5,865 candidates from 26 political parties and 5 lists of independents stood in the election including 965 female candidates. With many voters illiterate, each party had different symbols such as a car, alarm clock, horse, wasp or lamp which were printed on the ballot paper for voters to select. Even the prime minister, Abderrahmane Yous ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moroccan Parliamentary Election, 2007
Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 7 September 2007, the second of King Mohammed VI's reign. Voter turnout was estimated to be 37%, the lowest in Moroccan political history. There were 33 different parties and 13 independent candidates competing for 325 assembly seats. An amount of $61 million was allocated by the Moroccan government to organize the 2007 elections. The number of constituencies was increased from 91 to 95 before this election.Morocco's electoral constituencies increased to 95 People's Daily, 24 August 2007 Interior minister claimed the changes were made "in accordance with objectivity and transparency." However ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liberal Parties In Morocco
Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and media * '' El Liberal'', a Spanish newspaper published 1879–1936 * '' The Liberal'', a British political magazine published 2004–2012 * ''Liberalism'' (book), a 1927 book by Ludwig von Mises * "Liberal", a song by Band-Maid from the 2019 album '' Conqueror'' Places in the United States * Liberal, Indiana * Liberal, Kansas * Liberal, Missouri * Liberal, Oregon Religion * Religious liberalism * Liberal Christianity * Liberalism and progressivism within Islam * Liberal Judaism (other) See also * * * Liberal arts (other) * Neoliberalism, a political-economic philosophy * The Liberal Wars The Liberal Wars (), also known as the Portuguese Civil War (), the War of the Two Brothers () or Miguelite War (), was a w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Political Parties Established In 2002
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, includin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |