Saadeddine Othmani
Saadeddine Othmani | |
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ⵙⴰⵄⴷ ⴷⴷⵉⵏ ⵍⵄⵓⵜⵎⴰⵏⵉ سعد الدين العثماني | |
Othmani in 2018 | |
| 16th Prime Minister of Morocco | |
| In office 17 March 2017 – 7 October 2021 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed VI |
| Preceded by | Abdelilah Benkirane |
| Succeeded by | Aziz Akhannouch |
| Secretary General of the Justice and Development Party | |
| In office 10 December 2017 – 9 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Abdelilah Benkirane |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation | |
| In office 3 January 2012 – 10 October 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdelilah Benkirane |
| Preceded by | Taieb Fassi Fihri |
| Succeeded by | Salaheddine Mezouar |
| Leader of the Justice and Development Party | |
| In office 1 July 2004 – 20 July 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Abdelkrim al-Khatib |
| Succeeded by | Abdelilah Benkirane |
| Member of Parliament for Mohammedia | |
| In office 7 September 2007 – 8 October 2021 | |
| Member of Parliament for Inezgane | |
| In office 14 November 1997 – 7 September 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 January 1956 Inezgane, Protectorate of Morocco |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
Saadeddine Othmani (Berber languages: ⵙⴰⵄⴷ ⴷⴷⵉⵏ ⵍⵄⵓⵜⵎⴰⵏⵉ; Arabic: سعد الدين العثماني, romanized: Saʻd al-Dīn al-ʻUthmānī; born 16 January 1956), sometimes translated as Saad Eddine el-Othmani, is a Moroccan politician. He served as the 16th prime minister of Morocco from 17 March 2017 to 7 October 2021. Previously he served as foreign minister from 2012 to 2013.
Following the 2011 legislative elections giving victory to the PJD, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the resulting cabinet formed in January 2012, a position he held until October 2013. Since 2002, he has also been a member of the Maghreb Council of the Choura, the advisory council of the Arab Maghreb Union.