Istiqlal Party حزب الاستقلال Parti Istiqlal ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵉⵙⵜⵉⵇⵍⴰⵍ | |
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General Secretary | Nizar Baraka |
Founder | Ahmed Balafrej |
Founded | April 1937[1] |
Headquarters | 4, rue Ibn Toumert, Rabat |
Newspaper | Al-Alam (Arab) L'Opinion (French) |
Ideology | Conservatism[2] Arab nationalism[3][4][5] |
Political position | Centre-right |
Regional affiliation | Democrat Union of Africa |
European affiliation | European People’s Party (regional partner) |
International affiliation | International Democracy Union[6] Centrist Democrat International |
House of Representatives | 81 / 395 |
House of Councillors | 24 / 120 |
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The Istiqlal Party (Arabic: حزب الإستقلال, romanized: Ḥizb Al-Istiqlāl, lit. 'Independence Party'; French: Parti Istiqlal; Standard Moroccan Tamazight: 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 Democracy 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 year 1937 during the anti-colonial struggle against French and Spanish imperial rule,[7][8][9] making it the oldest active political party in Morocco.[10]
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