Name Saadeddine Othmani | Role Moroccan Politician | |
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Saadeddine Othmani (born 16 January 1956) is a Moroccan politician who has been Prime Minister of Morocco since 2017. Previously he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2013.
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Life and career
He was born in 1956 in Inezgane, near Agadir, in the Souss region. He obtained a Doctorate in Medicine from Hassan II University of Casablanca in 1986, and in psychiatry in 1994. He also earned Master and DEA degrees in Islamic studies in 1983, 1987 and 1999. He has written numerous books on psychology and Islamic law, and worked as the editor-in-chief of many magazines and publications. In 2004, after the withdrawal from politics of Abdelkrim Alkhatib, Saadeddine Othmani became the head of the Justice and Development Party (PJD). He is also a parliamentary deputy of Inezgane.
Saadeddine Othmani was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 3 January 2012 to 10 October 2013 in the government headed by his party, the PJD. He was succeeded as Minister of Foreign Affairs by Salaheddine Mezouar. Subsequently he headed the parliamentary group of the PJD.
On 17 March 2017, Saadeddine Othmani was appointed as Prime Minister by King Mohammed VI.
On 25 March 2017, Saadeddine Othmani announced that the government he is leading would include the PJD, the National Rally of Independents (RNI), the Popular Movement (MP), the Constitutional Union (UC), the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) and the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP).
His cabinet was formed on 5 April 2017.