Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates (Morocco)

Coordinates: 34°0′44.05″N 6°49′20.98″W / 34.0122361°N 6.8224944°W / 34.0122361; -6.8224944

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates

وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون الإفريقي والمغاربة المقيمين بالخارج Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, de la Coopération Africaine et des Marocains Résidant à l'Étranger
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Formed	26 April 1956
Headquarters	7 rue F. Roosevelt, Rabat
Agency executives	Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation , Secretary of State , Secretary-General
Website	www.diplomatie.ma

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates (French: Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, de la Coopération Africaine et des Marocains Résidant à l'Étranger, Arabic: وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون الإفريقي والمغاربة المقيمين بالخارج)^{[note 1]} 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, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, and is assisted by his junior minister, , 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 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)
• (1963 – 1964)
• (1964 – 1966)
• Mohamed Cherkaoui (1966 – 1967)
• Ahmed Laraki (1967 – 1971)
• Abdellatif Filali (1971 – 1972)
• (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[]

• Diplomatic missions of Morocco
• Foreign relations of Morocco
• Government of Morocco

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates (in French)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates (in Arabic)

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