Islamic Justice and Development party leader Abdelilah Bekirane is Morroco’s new PM
Q. Who has been appointed as Morocco’s new PM on 10th Oct 2016?- Published on 12 Oct 16a. Abdelilah Bekirane
b. Sabdelilah Bekirane
c. Abdelilah Mekirane
d. Abdelilah Chekirane
ANSWER: Abdelilah Bekirane
Abdelilah Bekirane, leader of the Moroccan Islamic Justice and Development Party was appointed as the new PM of the country on 10th Oct 2016
- This marks his second term as PM of Morocco
- Mohammad VI, king of Morocco made the announcement after his PJD party emerged with the mot number of seats in the 395 seat lower house
- In the election held on 7th Oct 2016, Abdelilah Bekirane leading the PJD party won 125 seats. The PJD party has been in coalition government since 2011
- The opposition Authenticity and Modernity Party came second with 102 seats
- Country’s oldest party Istiqlal stood third with 46 seats
- Abdelilah Bekirane has been serving as PM of the nation since Nov 2011
- PJD will now reach out to other parties to form a coalition government
- This is because the multi-party system in the kingdom makes it difficult for any political party to get an absolute majority
- Of the 395 members of the lower house, 305 were elected in multi-seat constituencies from electoral lists put together by the parties
- 60 of the remaining 90 seats are reserved for national list of women and rest 30 seats are for candidates under 35 years of age
