Moroccan governments

Moroccan governments — sourced data and update dates on zexet.dev.

• Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri

  On 29 September 2026 the King appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri Head of Government and asked her to form a cabinet under Article 47, making her the first woman to hold the post. Coalition talks are under way; neither the cabinet nor the partner parties have been announced.

• Aziz Akhannouch

  A three-party government (RNI, PAM, Istiqlal) with a large majority. Its term ended when a new Head of Government was appointed on 29 September 2026; its ministers handle current affairs until the new cabinet is appointed.

• Saadeddine Othmani

  A six-party government formed after Benkirane’s dismissal; it faced the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Abdelilah Benkirane

  The first government under the 2011 Constitution and the first led by an Islamist-oriented party. Istiqlal left in 2013 and was replaced by the RNI.

• Abbas El Fassi

  The government of the party that won the 2007 election, in office until the Benkirane government was formed.

• Driss Jettou

  A technocratic appointment even though the USFP won the 2002 election.

• Abderrahmane Youssoufi

  The "consensual Alternance" government: the first led by a figure of the left-wing opposition; it saw the accession of King Mohammed VI in 1999.

• Abdellatif Filali

  The last government before the Alternance, which saw the 1996 constitutional reform.

• Mohammed Karim Lamrani

  Karim Lamrani’s third term, after the 1993 election and the Koutla’s refusal to join.

• Azzeddine Laraki

  A technocratic government lasting six years.

• Mohammed Karim Lamrani

  Karim Lamrani’s second term, including the 1984 election.

• Maati Bouabid

  Bouabid founded the Constitutional Union in April 1983, shortly before leaving office.

• Ahmed Osman

  The government of the Green March and the 1977 election, during which Osman founded the RNI (1978).

• Mohammed Karim Lamrani

  The first of Karim Lamrani’s three terms.

• Ahmed Laraki

  A government that saw the 1970 Constitution, the 1970 election and the 1971 Skhirat coup attempt.

• Mohamed Benhima

  A technocratic government during the state of exception.

• Hassan II

  Parliament dissolved and the King heading the Government during the state of exception.

• Ahmed Bahnini

  The government after the first legislative election, ended by the state of exception in June 1965.

• Mohammed V, then Hassan II

  A period in which the King headed the Government directly.

• Ahmed Balafrej

  A short-lived Istiqlal government amid the party’s internal rift.

• Abdallah Ibrahim

  A progressive government dismissed in May 1960, after which King Mohammed V headed the Government himself.

• Mbarek Bekkai

  The first government after independence, including Istiqlal ministers and independent figures.