Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates
34°0′44.05″N 6°49′20.98″W / 34.0122361°N 6.8224944°W
وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération Internationale | |
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Formed | 26 April 1956 |
Headquarters | 7 rue F. Roosevelt, Rabat |
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Website | www.diplomatie.ma |
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (French: Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération Internationale, MAEC, Arabic: وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون) is the foreign affairs ministry of Morocco, responsible for implementing Morocco's foreign policy and ensuring relations with foreign states.
Its head office is in Rabat and is one of the so-called "regalian" (royal) ministries alongside the ministries of Defense, Justice, Finance and the Interior.[1]
Since 5 April 2017, Nasser Bourita is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and is assisted by his junior minister, Abdelkrim Benatiq, who serves as the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of Moroccans living abroad and Migration Affairs.
Organization and structure
The ministry was created by Dahir No. 1-56-097 of 26 April 1956, four months after the formation of the government of Mbarek Bekkay, first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco. The ministry is headed by the Secretary of State, currently Mounia Boucetta since April 2017. As of 2017, the ministry manages and staffs 91 embassies, 53 consulates-general and several Permanent Missions.
List of ministers
- Ahmed Balafrej (1956 – 1958)
- Abdallah Ibrahim (1958 – 1960)
- Driss M'Hammedi (1960 – 1961)
- Ahmed Balafrej (1961 – 1963)
- Ahmed Réda Guédira (1963 – 1964)
- Ahmed Taibi Benhima (1964 – 1966)
- Mohamed Cherkaoui (1966 – 1967)
- Ahmed Laraki (1967 – 1971)
- Abdellatif Filali (1971 – 1972)
- Ahmed Taibi Benhima (1972 – 1974)
- Ahmed Laraki (1974 – 1977)
- M'hamed Boucetta (1977 – 1983)
- Abdelouahed Belkeziz (1983 – 1985)
- Abdellatif Filali (1985 – 1999)
- Mohamed Benaissa (April, 1999 – October 15, 2007)
- Taieb Fassi Fihri (October 15, 2007 – January 3, 2012)
- Saad-Eddine El Othmani (January 3, 2012 – October 10, 2013)
- Salaheddine Mezouar (October 10, 2013 – 5 April 2017)
- Nasser Bourita (5 April 2017 – present)
See also
References
- ^ "Contact Us." Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Retrieved on March 12, 2014. "Address: 7 rue F. Roosevelt Rabat"
External links
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (in French)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (in Arabic)
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