List of political parties in Morocco

This article lists political parties in Morocco.

Morocco has had a multi-party system since independence in 1956 with numerous parties ranging in ideology from the far-left to Islamists. The Moroccan electoral system leads the political parties to seek coalition governments. However, both the post of Prime Minister and other four main government ministers are appointed by the King of Morocco.

Since Morocco considers the disputed territory of Western Sahara to be its annexed Southern Provinces, the political parties are also active in those parts of the territory under Moroccan control.

Parties represented in the Parliament elected in 2007

The most recent parliamentary elections took place in Morocco on 7 September 2007, the next ones will take place on 25 November 2011

• common parliamentary group^[1] of the National Rally of Independents (Rassemblement National des Indépendents, At-Tajammoe Al-Watani Lil-Ahrar) and the Authenticity and Modernity Party (Parti de l'authenticité et de la modernité, a 2008 merger between the Covenant Party, the Environment and Development Party, the Alliance of Liberties and the Citizenship and Development Initiative)
• Independence Party (Hizb al-Istiqlal/Parti de l'Indépendance)
• Justice and Development Party (Parti de la Justice et du Développement, Hizb Al-Adala Wa At-tanmia)
• People's Movement (Mouvement Populaire, Alharaka ashaabia), a 25 March 2006 merger^[2][3] between:
  • People's Movement (Mouvement Populaire)
  • National Popular Movement (Mouvement National Populaire, Alharaka alwatania ashaabia)
  • Democratic Union (Union démocratique)
• Socialist Union of Popular Forces (Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires, Al ittihad alishtiraki lilqowati ashaabia)
• Constitutional Union (Union Constitutionelle, Al-Ittihad Ad-dostori)
• Modernist Left Pole, comprising three parties:^[4]
  • Party of Progress and Socialism (Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme, Hizbo attaqadomi wa alishtirakia)
  • Front of Democratic Forces (Front des Forces Démocratiques, Jabhato alqiwa addimoqratia), 1997 splinter from the Party of Progress and Socialism
  • Labour Party (Parti travailliste, Hizb al’amali), splinter from the Socialist Union of Popular Forces
• National Democratic Party (Parti National-Démocrate) - in electoral alliance in 2007 with the Covenant Party
• Democratic and Social Movement (Mouvement Démocratique et Social, Alharaka addimoqratia wa ashabia)
• Alliance of the Democratic Left, electoral alliance in 2007 and 2009, afterwards a more political platform:^[5]
  • National Congress Party (Parti du Congrès National Ittihadi, Hizbo almotamari alwatani Ittihadi)
  • Democratic Socialist Vanguard Party (Parti de l'Avant-garde Démocratique Socialiste)
  • United Socialist Party (Parti de la Gauche Socialiste Unifiée, Hizbo alyassari alishtiraki almotahid)
• Party of Renewal and Equity (Parti du Renouveau et de l'Équité)
• Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste), splinter from the National Congress Party
• Moroccan Union for Democracy (Union Marocaine pour la Démocratie)
• Citizens' Forces (Forces Citoyennes, Alqiwa alwatania)
• Party of Renaissance and Virtue (Parti de la renaissance et de la vertu, Hizb en-nahda wal fadila), 2006 splinter from the Justice and Development Party

Parties without parliamentary representation

Parties represented in the 2002 parliament, no longer after the 2007 elections

• Reform and Development Party (Parti de la Réforme et du Développement, Hizbo alisslahi wa attanmia)
• Moroccan Liberal Party (Parti Marocain Libéral, Alhizbo almaghribi allibirali)
• Democratic Independence Party (Parti Démocratique et de l'Indépendance, Hizbo ashoura wa alistiqlal)
• Democratic Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste Démocratique)

Parties not represented in the 2002 parliament, that took part in the 2007 elections without winning any seat

• Action Party (Parti de l'Action)
• Social Centre Party (Parti du Centre Social)
• Party of Hope (Parti de l'Espoir)
• Renaissance Party (Parti Annahda)
• Party of Liberty and Social Justice (Parti de la Liberté et de la Justice Sociale)

Other parties

• Annahj Addimocrati (never took part to any election)
• Amazigh Moroccan Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Morocain Amazigh, PDAM, judicially dissolved and recreated under the denomination Izigzawen)

Banned parties

• Hizb ut-Tahrir
• Ila al-Amam
• Party of al-Badil al-Hadari (Parti de l'alternative civilisationnelle)

List of current political parties

Political parties established between 1940 and 1970

	Name in English	Name in French	Abbreviation	Name in Arabic	Ideology	Establishment	General Secretary
	Istiqlal Party	Parti de l'istiqlal	PI	حزب الاستقلال	conservatism, nationalism	1943	Hamid Chabat
	Democratic Independence Party	Parti démocratique et de l'indépendance Parti de la Choura et de l'Istiqlal	PDI	حزب الشورى و الاستقلال	nationalism	1946	Abdelouhahed Maâche
	Popular Movement	Mouvement populaire	MP	الحركة الشعبية	liberalism, nationalism	1957	Mohand Laenser (fr)
	National Union of Popular Forces	Union nationale des forces populaires	UNFP	الاتحاد الوطني للقوات الشعبية	socialism	1959	Abdallah Ibrahim (last SG 1959-2005)

Political parties established between 1970 and 1990

	Name in English	Name in French	Abbreviation	Name in Arabic	Ideology	Establishment	General Secretary
	Party of Progress and Socialism	Parti du progrès et du socialisme	PPS	حزب التقدم والاشتراكية	progressivism, socialism	1974	Mohamed Nabil Benabdallah
	Action Party	Parti de l'action	PA	حزب العمل	socialism	1974	Mohammed Drissi
	Socialist Union of Popular Forces	Union socialiste des forces populaires	USFP	الاتحاد الاشتراكي للقوات الشعبية	progressivism, socialism	1975	Driss Lachgar
	National Rally of Independents	Rassemblement national des indépendants	RNI	التجمع الوطني للاحرار	liberalism	1978	Salaheddine Mezouar
	Party of the Social Center	Parti du centre social	PCS	حزب الوسط الاجتماعي	socialism	1982	Madih Lahcen
	Constitutional Union	Union constitutionnelle	UC	الاتحاد الدستوري	liberalism	1983	Mohamed Abied
	Socialist Democratic Vanguard Party	Parti de l'avant-garde démocratique et socialiste	PADS	حزب الطليعة الديمقراطي الاشتراكي	socialism	1983	Ahmed Benjelloun

Political parties established between 1990 and 2000

	Name in English	Name in French	Abbreviation	Name in Arabic	Ideology	Establishment	General Secretary
	Green Party for Development	Parti des verts pour le développement	PVD	حزب الخضر للتنمية	environmentalism	1992	Fatima Alaoui
	Democratic Way	La voie démocratique Parti Annahj Addimocrati	VD	حزب النهج الديمقراطي	socialism, Marxism	1995	Abdallah Elharif
	Democratic and Social Movement	Mouvement démocratique et social	MDS	الحركة الديمقراطية الاجتماعية	liberalism	1996	Mahmoud Archane
	Front of Democratic Forces	Front des forces démocratiques	FFD	جبهة القوى الديمقراطية	socialism	1997	Thami El Khyari
	Justice and Development Party	Parti de la justice et du développement	PJD	حزب العدالة و التنمية	Islamism, conservatism, socialism	1998	Abdelilah Benkirane
	Party of Hope	Parti de l'espoir	PE	حزب الامل	liberalism	1999	Mohamed Bani Oueld Baraka

References

1. Maroc: Fouad Ali El Himma constitue le plus grand groupe parlementaire, Agence France Presse, 30 September 2008
2. M’Hamed Hamrouch, Mahjoubi Aherdane accusé d’avoir provoqué le retrait du MP du gouvernement, Aujourd'hui Le Maroc, 19 October 2008
3. Hicham Bennani, Mouvement populaire : Prémices d’un éclatement, Le Journal Hebdomadaire, 11 April 2009
4. Mohamed Aswab, Nabil Benabdallah : «Même en cas d’union de la gauche, celle-ci ne fera pas un raz-de-marée électoral», Aujourd'hui Le Maroc, 16 November 2009
5. L'AGD exprime sa ferme volonté de raffermir l'action commune entre ses composantes, Maghreb Arabe Presse, 27 January 2011

See also

• Politics of Morocco
• List of political parties by country