Abdelilah Benkirane

Abdelilah Benkirane
عبد الإله بنكيران ⵄⴱⴷⵉⵍⴰⵀ ⴱⵏⴽⵉⵔⴰⵏ
Benkirane in 2014
15th Prime Minister of Morocco
In office 29 November 2011 – 17 March 2017
Monarch	Mohammed VI
Preceded by	Abbas El Fassi
Succeeded by	Saadeddine Othmani
Leader of the Opposition
In office 20 July 2008 – 29 November 2011
Prime Minister	Abbas El Fassi
Preceded by	Saadeddine Othmani
Succeeded by	Salaheddine Mezouar
Leader of the Justice and Development Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 October 2021
Preceded by	Saadeddine Othmani
In office 20 July 2008 – 10 December 2017
Preceded by	Saadeddine Othmani
Succeeded by	Saadeddine Othmani
Member of Parliament for Salé-Médina [fr]
In office 14 November 1997 – 12 April 2017
Succeeded by	Aziz Benbrahim
Personal details
Born	1954 Rabat, Morocco
Political party	Justice and Development Party
Spouse	Nabila Benkirane
Alma mater	Mohammed V University
Occupation	Politician professor
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Abdelilah Benkirane (Arabic: عبد الإله بنكيران Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵄⴱⴷⵉⵍⴰⵀ ⴱⵏⴽⵉⵔⴰⵏ, born 1954) is a Moroccan politician who was Prime Minister of Morocco from November 2011 to March 2017.^[1][2] After having won a plurality of seats in the 2011 parliamentary election, his party, the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party formed a coalition with three parties that had been part of previous governments.^[3][4][5]