Abdelilah Benkirane

Abdelilah Benkirane
عبد الإله بنكيران
Benkirane in 2014
Prime Minister of Morocco
In office
29 November 2011  17 March 2017
MonarchMohammed VI
Preceded byAbbas El Fassi
Succeeded bySaadeddine Othmani
Leader of the Opposition
In office
20 July 2008  29 November 2011
Prime MinisterAbbas El Fassi
Preceded bySaadeddine Othmani
Succeeded bySalaheddine Mezouar
Leader of the Justice and Development Party
Assumed office
30 October 2021
Preceded bySaadeddine Othmani
In office
20 July 2008  10 December 2017
Preceded bySaadeddine Othmani
Succeeded bySaadeddine Othmani
Member of Parliament
for Salé-Médina
In office
14 November 1997  12 April 2017
Succeeded byAziz Benbrahim
Personal details
Born1954
Rabat, Morocco
Political partyJustice and Development Party
SpouseNabila Benkirane
Alma materMohammed V University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • professor
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Abdelilah Benkirane (Arabic: عبد الإله بنكيران, romanized: ʻAbd al-Ilāh Binkīrān, born 1954) is a Moroccan politician who was the Prime Minister of Morocco from November 2011 to March 2017. 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.