M'hamed Boucetta

{{short description|Moroccan politician (1922–2017)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = M'hamed Boucetta

| image = Boucetta.jpg

| caption = M'hamed Boucetta

| native_name = امحمد بوستة

| native_name_lang = ar

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|12|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Marrakech, Morocco

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|02|17|1925|12|23|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rabat, Morocco

| nationality = Moroccan

| occupation = politician, lawyer

| party = Istiqlal Party 1944 – 2017

| office = Minister of Justice

| term_start = 1961

| term_end = 1963

| predecessor = Abdelkhalek Torres

| successor = {{ill|Abdelkader Benjelloun|fr}}

| primeminister =

| office1 = Minister of Foreign Affairs

| termstart1 = 1977

| termend1 = 1983

| primeminister1 = Ahmed Osman
Maati Bouabid

| predecessor1 = Ahmed Laraki

| successor1 = Abdelouahed Belkeziz

| monarch = Mohammed V
Hassan II

| monarch1 = Hassan II

}}

M'hamed Boucetta (in Arabic: امحمد بوستة – Born 23 December 1925 in Marrakech – Dead 17 February 2017 in Rabat[https://www.thenational.ae/world/veteran-moroccan-politician-boucetta-dies-1.9454 Veteran Moroccan politician Boucetta dies – The National (2017)]) was a Moroccan politician and lawyer.[https://www.jeuneafrique.com/404932/politique/maroc-mhamed-boucetta-figure-emblematique-de-listiqlal-decede/ Maroc : M’hamed Boucetta, figure emblématique de l’Istiqlal, est décédé – Jeune Afrique (2017) – in French][https://books.google.com/books?id=olBTEdJ0ncIC Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges – Marvin Howe (2005)]

Boucetta held several top political position in post-independent Morocco, including: Minister of Justice (1961–1963), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1977–1979, 1979–1983) and co-founder and secretary general of the Istiqlal Party (1974–1998).[http://www.maroc.ma/en/royal-activities/hm-king-offers-condolences-family-late-mhamed-boucetta HM the King Offers Condolences to Family of Late M'hamed Boucetta – Official Website of the Kingdom of Morocco (2017)][https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2017/01/206199/king-mohammed-visits-former-istiqlal-party-leader-mhamed-boucetta-hospital/ King Mohammed Visits Former Istiqlal Party Leader Mhamed Boucetta in Hospital – Morocco World News (2017)]