Rabat- After more than two months of negotiations between the head of government, Adelilah Benkirane and Salah eddine Mezouar, head of the Rally of Independents, the list of new coalition government is finally ready.
Most PJD ministers from the first coalition government formed after the 2011 elections kept their portfolios at the exception of Saad Eddine Outmani, who left the government.
The new government includes six women out of 39 Ministers, which can still be considered a poor representation of half of Moroccan society and reflects the dominance of men over the country’s political scene.
The list of the new government is as follows:
Abdelilah Benkirane: Head of Government
Mohammed Hassad: Minister of Interior
Salaheddine Mezouar: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Mbarka Bouaida: Minister Delegate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Benmokhtar Rachid: Minister of Education
Boussaid Mohamed: Minister of Economy and Finance
Aziz Akhannouch: Minister of Agriculture and Marine Fisheries
Moulay Hafid El Alami: Minister of Industry, Trade and New Technologies
Mamoune Bouhdoud: Minister Delegate in charge of SMEs
Birou Anis: Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Moroccans Living Abroad
Fatima Marouani: Minister of Industry and the Social Economy
Soumia Ben Khaldoune: Minister of Environment and Water
Abdeslam Seddiki: Minister of Employment and Vocational Training
Abdelkader Amara: Minister of Energy and Mines
Mohamed El Ouafa: Minister of General Affairs
Mohand Laenser: Minister of State for Planning and Regionalization
Mohamed Abbou: Minister of Foreign Trade
Nabil Benabdellah: Minister of Housing
Charafat Afilal : Minister of State for Water
Abdellah Baha: Minister of State
Mohamed Najib Boulif: Minister of General Affairs and Governance
Aziz Rabbah: Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
Lahcen Haddad: Minister of Tourism
Mustapha Ramid: Minister of Justice and Liberties
Mohamed Toufiq: Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs
Driss Dahak: Secretary General of the Government
Lahcen Daoudi: Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Executive Training
Ouzzine Mohamed: Minister of Youth and Sports
El Hossein El Ouardi: Minister of Health
Mustapha Khalfi: Minister of Communication, government spokesman
Bassima Hakkaoui: Minister of Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development
Mohamed Amine Sbihi: Minister of Culture
Lahbib Choubani: Minister for Relations with Parliament and Civil Society
Abdellatif Loudiyi: Minister Delegate to the Head of Government responsible for the Administration of National Defense
Charki Draiss: Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior
Hakima El Hiti: Minister Delegate to the Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment in charge of the environment
Abdeladim El Guerrouj: Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Public and Administrative Modernization
Idriss Azami Al Idrissi: Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy and Finance for the Budget.
