Hamid Chabat ( – born 17 August 1953,

Taza Province Taza () is a province in the Morocco, Moroccan region of Fès-Meknès. Its population at the 2014 Census was 516,889. The major cities and towns are* Ajdir, Taza * Aknoul * Matmata, Morocco, Matmata * Oued Amlil * Oulad Zbair * Tahla, Morocco, Ta ...

) is a Moroccan politician and the previous Secretary-General of the

Istiqlal Party The Istiqlal Party (; ; ) is a political party in Morocco. It is a conservative and monarchist party and a member of the Centrist Democrat International and International Democracy Union. Istiqlal headed a coalition government under Abbas El Fa ...

. Hamid Chabat has been the mayor of

Fes Fez () or Fes (; ) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fez-Meknes administrative region. It is one of the largest cities in Morocco, with a population of 1.256 million, according to the 2024 census. Located to the nort ...

since October 2003 and was elected on 23 September 2003 to lead his party, defeating rival Abdelouahed El Fassi, a relative of former incumbent

Abbas El Fassi Abbas El Fassi (; ; born 18 September 1940) is a Moroccan politician and businessman who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Morocco from 19 September 2007 to 29 November 2011. El Fassi, a member of the Istiqlal Party, replaced independent Dr ...

and grandson of Allal El Fassi. Before holding office, Chabat forged a name for himself in his party's

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

( General Union of Moroccan Workers aka UGTM). Chabat also owns a regional newspaper covering the Fes region. Chabat left the Istiqlal party to join the

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party in August 2021 ahead of the 2021 general election.

References

https://chabatonline.ma/%d9%86%d8%af%d9%88%d8%a9-%d8%b5%d8%ad%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%ac-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%8a/

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Members of the House of Representatives (Morocco) Living people 1953 births People from Taza Politicians from Fez, Morocco Moroccan newspaper editors Moroccan trade unionists Istiqlal Party politicians Mayors of places in Morocco {{Morocco-politician-stub

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