Maati Bouabid
{{short description|Prime minister of Morocco (1979–1983)}}
{{Infobox Prime Minister
| image = Maati Bouabid.jpg
| name = Maati Bouabid
| order = Prime Minister of Morocco
| monarch = Hassan II
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|11|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Casablanca, Morocco
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|11|1|1927|11|11}}
| death_place = Rabat, Morocco
| term_start = March 22, 1979
| term_end = November 30, 1983
| predecessor = Ahmed Osman
| successor = Mohammed Karim Lamrani
| party = Constitutional Union
| religion =
| native_name_lang = ar
| native_name = {{nobold|المعطي بوعبيد}}
}}
Maati Bouabid (Arabic: المعطي بوعبيد, November 11, 1927 – November 1, 1996) was a politician and a lawyer who served as the Prime Minister of Morocco between March 22, 1979, and November 30, 1983.{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/tanzania.htm |title=Political Leaders:Morocco |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120525022334/http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/tanzania.htm |archivedate=2012-05-25 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.maroc.ma/fr/content/historique-des-gouvernements|title=Historique des gouvernements|date=12 April 2013}} He was the ninth Prime Minister of Morocco and served under king Hassan II.{{Cite web |title=رؤساء الحكومة السابقون |url=https://www.cg.gov.ma/ar/%D8%B1%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%88%D9%86 |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=www.cg.gov.ma |language=ar}} He also served as the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs from 1968 to 1970 and Minister of Justice.{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Meridian International Center |title=Maati Bouabid {{!}} Meridian International Center |url=https://www.meridian.org/alm/maati-bouabid/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=www.meridian.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2013-04-12 |title=Historique des gouvernements |url=https://www.maroc.ma/fr/content/historique-des-gouvernements |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Maroc.ma |language=fr}}
Early life
Maati Bouabid was born in 1927 in the city of Casablanca. After completing his primary and secondary education in his hometown, he traveled to France and obtained a law degree from the University of Bordeaux and a postgraduate degree in private law.{{Cite web |title=سعد ابن المعطي بوعبيد يروي تفاصيل مجهولة من حياة والده: |url=https://www.maghress.com/almassae/27925 |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=مغرس}}{{Cite web |date=2021-09-13 |title=التجمع الوطني الأحرار مسار تطور من أحمد عصمان الى أسد سوس . ”عزيز أخنوش” - جريدة أصوات |url=https://journalaswat.com/2021/09/13/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%b7%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%ad%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%aa%d8%b7%d9%88%d8%b1-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a3%d8%ad%d9%85/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=جريدة أصوات - أول جريدة إلكترونية مغربية تتجدد على مدار الساعة |language=ar-AR}}
Career
Bouabid was sworn to the legal profession in 1952 and was registered at the high table in 1955.
Bouabid was offered an official position at the start of independence, like young law graduates, few in number then. He accepted the post of public prosecutor at the regional court of Tangier from 1956 until the unification of the court of appeal of Tangier in 1957.{{Cite web |title=المعطي بوعبيد |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/encyclopedia/icons/2014/10/23/المعطي-بوعبيد |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=www.aljazeera.net |language=ar}}
Bouabid was the first mayor of the city of Casablanca and president of the Moroccan club Raja CA from 1966 to 1968.{{Cite web |title=المعطي بوعبيد..سياسي مُحنك ووزير وأمين ونقيب عاشق للرجاء |url=https://chouftv.ma/program/368589.html?fbrefresh=3 |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=ChoufTV :: TV شوف |language=ar}}
In 1983, Bouabid and a group of people with whom he shared common convictions founded the Constitutional Union party, with Bouabid remaining the founding leader and de facto head of this party throughout three national conferences.{{Cite web |date=2013-05-02 |title=المعطي بوعبيد.. لعبة الأسماء في صراع القصر والمعارضة {{!}} Almassae |url=https://archive.today/20130502003608/http://www.almassae.press.ma/node/7428 |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=archive.ph}} In the eighteenth government, which lasted from November 30, 1983, to April 11, 1985, he was Minister of State.
Death
Bouabid died on November 1, 1996, after suffering a heart attack. He was 69.{{Cite web |title=Maati Bouabid |url=https://apnews.com/article/629d2d2212cff858df9acfa6b9b88b62 |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=AP NEWS}}{{Cite news |title=DEATHS |language=en-US |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/11/03/deaths/dd90fed7-1049-4e20-97ec-74d645a8c440/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |issn=0190-8286}}
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Category:People from Casablanca
Category:University of Bordeaux alumni
Category:Prime ministers of Morocco
Category:State ministers of Morocco
Category:Constitutional Union (Morocco) politicians