Abdessamad Qaiouh

{{short description|Moroccan politician}}

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|office = Minister of Crafts

|term_start = 3 January 2012

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|party = Istiqlal

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Abdessamad Qaiouh (also Abdessamed Kayouh, {{langx|ar|عبد الصمد قيوح}} - born 11 April 1966, Oulad Teima) is a Moroccan politician of the Istiqlal Party. He was Minister of Handicrafts in the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane.{{cite news|last=Ghassan Sabwat|title=Abdessamad Qaiouh : La politique, une histoire de famille|url=http://www.maghress.com/fr/aujourdhui/86733|accessdate=30 June 2012|newspaper=Aujourd'hui le Maroc|date=2012-02-09}}{{cite web|title=Official bio |url=http://www.maroc.ma/NR/rdonlyres/6F0D6C99-A9A0-43D8-87B2-9F13DA81D798/0/BioAbdessamadQaiouh.pdf }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|title=Abdessamad Kayouh: Le marché national absorbe 80% des ventes des produits artisanaux|url=http://www.maghress.com/fr/lopinion/24966|accessdate=30 June 2012|newspaper=L'opinion|date=2012-04-27}}{{cite news|last=Malika Alami|title=Agadir: Kayouh tâte le pouls des artisans|url=http://www.maghress.com/fr/leconomiste/1891682|accessdate=30 June 2012|newspaper=l'Economiste|date=2012-02-27}}{{cite news|title=Abdessamad Kayouh, deuxième en nombre de voix après El Himma|url=http://www.maghress.com/fr/aujourdhui/57127|accessdate=30 June 2012|newspaper=Aujourd'hui le Maroc|date=2007-10-05}}

In April 2013, while King Mohammed VI was on vacation in France, Hamid Chabat Secretary-General of the Istiqlal Party announced his intentions to leave the coalition that forms the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane. Consequently, a resignation request was submitted on 9 July 2013 for all the Party's ministers.