Former Finance and former Foreign Minister Salah Eddine Mezouar was elected new President of the Federation of Morocco’s employers (CGEM) succeeding Meriem Bensaleh. Mezouar won by a landslide majority of 5,173 out of the 6635 casted votes after a heated electoral campaign in which he ran against Hakim Marrakchi. He also said that the CGEM under his presidency will elaborate a pact for dialogue with the government and social partners. Born in Meknes in 1953, Mezouar served in different senior positions in the public and private sectors notably head of the Moroccan textile producers association and president of the federation of textile and leather wing at the CGEM. In 2010, he was elected head of liberal RNI party and in 2013 he became Minister of Foreign Affairs in the PJD-led government.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 23, 2018 01:41 UTC