Abbas El Fassi
{{short description|Prime minister of Morocco (2007–2011)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abbas El Fassi
| image = (Abás El Fasi) Rodríguez Zapatero pasa revista a las tropas junto al primer ministro de Marruecos en el marco de la IX Reunión de Alto Nivel Hispano-Marroquí. Pool Moncloa. 16 de diciembre de 2008 (cropped).jpeg
| caption = El Fassi in 2008
| office2 = Secretary-General of the Istiqlal Party
| monarch2 =
| term_start2 = 1998
| term_end2 = 23 September 2012
| predecessor2 = M'hamed Boucetta
| successor2 = Hamid Chabat
| office1 = 14th Prime Minister of Morocco
| monarch1 = Mohammed VI
| term_start1 = 19 September 2007
| term_end1 = 29 November 2011
| predecessor1 = Driss Jettou
| successor1 = Abdelilah Benkirane
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|9|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Berkane, French Morocco
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Istiqlal Party
| native_name_lang = ar
| native_name = {{nobold|عباس الفاسي}}
}}
Abbas El Fassi ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Abbas El Fassi from Morocco pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg|ə|ˈ|b|æ|s|_|ɛ|l|_|ˈ|f|æ|s|i}}; {{langx|ar|عباس الفاسي}}; 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 Driss Jettou.{{cite magazine|year=2007 |url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663621,00.html?xid=rss-topstories |title=Morocco Names New Prime Minister |magazine=Time |access-date=20 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020144722/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1663621%2C00.html?xid=rss-topstories |archive-date=20 October 2012 }}
Early life and career
El Fassi was born in Berkane, Morocco, on 18 September 1940. He served as the Minister of Housing from 1977 to 1981, Minister of Handicraft and Social Affairs from 1981 to 1985, ambassador to Tunisia and the Arab League from 1985 to 1990, ambassador to France from 1990 to 1994, and as Minister of Employment, Professional Training, Social Development and Solidarity from 2000 to 2002. He then took up the post of Minister of State in the Jettou government from 2002 to 2007.{{cite web |year=2007 |url=http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2186910,00.html |title=Morocco's new PM named |publisher=News 24 |access-date=20 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018070252/http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0%2C%2C2-11-1447_2186910%2C00.html |archive-date=18 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |year=2007 |url=http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/politics/king_appoints_conser8927/view |title=King appoints conservative Abbas el Fassi Prime Minister |publisher=Maghreb Arabe Presse |access-date=20 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070924221446/http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/politics/king_appoints_conser8927/view |archive-date=24 September 2007 |url-status=dead }} King Mohammed VI appointed El Fassi as prime minister on 19 September 2007 following Istiqlal's victory in the parliamentary elections on 7 September.
His government was appointed by Mohammed VI on 15 October 2007 with 33 members (not including El Fassi), including seven women. Five political parties were included in this government: Istiqlal, liberal Mouvement Populaire (MP), the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), the National Rally of Independents (RNI), and the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS).[http://www.jeuneafrique.com/pays/maroc/article_depeche.asp?art_cle=AFP25407leroiselici0 "Le roi nomme un nouveau gouvernement après des tractations difficiles"], AFP, 15 October 2007 {{in lang|fr}}.
Controversies
Abbas el Fassi was Moroccan ambassador to France when Gilles Perrault's political pamphlet "Notre ami, le roi", about human rights abuses in Morocco, was published in France. Ties between Morocco and France deteriorated with the publication of the book.{{Cite web |url=http://www.telquel-online.com/289/couverture1_289.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531010343/http://www.telquel-online.com/289/couverture1_289.shtml |archive-date=31 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Istiqlal Party politicians
Category:Prime ministers of Morocco
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