Abdelilah Benkirane

Abdelilah Benkirane
Abdelilah Benkirane
عبد الإله بنكيران
	Benkirane in 2014
Prime Minister of Morocco
	In office; 29 November 2011 – 17 March 2017
Monarch	Mohammed VI
Preceded by	Abbas El Fassi
Succeeded by	Saadeddine Othmani
Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 20 July 2008 – 29 November 2011
Prime Minister	Abbas El Fassi
Preceded by	Saadeddine Othmani
Succeeded by	Salaheddine Mezouar
Leader of the Justice and Development Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 October 2021
Preceded by	Saadeddine Othmani
	In office; 20 July 2008 – 10 December 2017
Preceded by	Saadeddine Othmani
Succeeded by	Saadeddine Othmani
Member of Parliament; for Salé-Médina
	In office; 14 November 1997 – 12 April 2017
Succeeded by	Aziz Benbrahim
Personal details
Born	1954; Rabat, Morocco
Political party	Justice and Development Party
Spouse	Nabila Benkirane
Alma mater	Mohammed V University
Occupation	Politician; professor;
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Abdelilah Benkirane (Arabic: عبد الإله بنكيران, born 1954) is a Moroccan politician who was the 15th Prime Minister of Morocco from November 2011 to March 2017.^[1]^[2] After having won a plurality of seats in the 2011 parliamentary election, his party, the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party formed a coalition with three parties that had been part of previous governments.^[3]^[4]^[5]