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Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates
وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون الإفريقي والمغاربة المقيمين بالخارج

Ministry building
Agency overview
Formed26 April 1956
Headquarters7 rue F. Roosevelt, Rabat
Agency executives
  • Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates
  • Mounia Boucetta, Secretary of State
  • Mohammed Ali Lazreq, Secretary-General
Websitewww.diplomatie.ma

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates , Arabic: وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون الإفريقي والمغاربة المقيمين بالخارج)[lower-alpha 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 incumbent minister, and is assisted by his junior minister, Abdelkrim Benatiq, 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 Mounia Boucetta since April 2017. As of 2017, the ministry manages and staffs 91 embassies, 53 consulates-general and several Permanent Missions.

List of ministers

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Until 2019, known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (French: Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération Internationale, MAEC, Arabic: وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون).

References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us." Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Retrieved on March 12, 2014. "Address: 7 rue F. Roosevelt Rabat"
  2. ↑ "Morocco's king names former foreign minister as new PM". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  3. ↑ Arbaoui, Larbi (6 October 2013). "Morocco, Mezouar to replace Outmani as Foreign Minister: source". Morocco World News. p. 1. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "King Mohammed VI Officially Appoints Saad Eddine Othmani's Government". Morocco World News. 5 April 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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