Abdelilah Benkirane, a former head of the Moroccan Government and former leader of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), is back to the leadership of the party. Benkirane was elected Secretary General of the PJD, during an extraordinary congress of the party held Saturday, in the presence of members of the National Council and delegates from provincial and regional headquarters. Benkirane, a popular figure in Moroccan politics, had served as the PJD secretary general twice between 2008 and 2017 and was also Morocco’s head of government from November 2011 to April 2017. Besides the election of the Secretary General, the extraordinary congress discussed and adopted a draft on the postponement of the 9th National Congress. The PJD National Council validated, this Sunday, October 31, the list of the new general secretariat proposed by Abdelilah Benkirane.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 31, 2021 21:15 UTC