Nizar Baraka
Nizar Baraka | |
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Nizar Baraka at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia in 2012 | |
| Minister of Equipment and Water | |
| Assumed office 7 October 2021 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed VI of Morocco |
| Prime Minister | Aziz Akhannouch |
| Preceded by | Aziz Rabbah |
| Secretary-General of the Istiqlal Party | |
| Assumed office 7 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Hamid Chabat |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 7 October 2017 – 7 October 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Saadeddine Othmani |
| Preceded by | Hamid Chabat |
| Succeeded by | Abdellatif Ouahbi |
| Minister of Economy and Finance | |
| In office 3 January 2012 – 20 August 2013 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed VI of Morocco |
| Prime Minister | Abdelilah Benkirane |
| Preceded by | Salaheddine Mezouar |
| Succeeded by | Aziz Akhenouch (interim) Idriss Azami Al Idrissi |
| Minister delegate attached to the Prime Minister for general affairs and Economy | |
| In office 14 November 2010 – 3 January 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Abbas el Fassi |
| Succeeded by | Najib Boulif |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1964 Rabat, Morocco |
| Political party | Istiqlal Party |
| Alma mater | Aix-Marseille University (PhD) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Nizar Baraka (born 6 February 1964) is a Moroccan politician and businessman of the Istiqlal Party. Since October 2021, he has served as Minister of Equipment and Water. He is the grandson of nationalist Allal Al Fassi.
He was Minister of Economy and Finance in the government of Abdelilah Benkirane.