Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriatesmap

34°0′44.05″N 6°49′20.98″W

Quick Facts Agency overview, Formed ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates
وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون الإفريقي والمغاربة المقيمين بالخارج
Agency overview
Formed26 April 1956
Headquarters7 rue F. Roosevelt, Rabat[citation needed]
Agency executives
  • Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates
  • Mounia Boucetta, Secretary of State
  • Mohammed Ali Lazreq, Secretary-General
Websitediplomatie.ma/en/
Close

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates[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 "ministries of sovereignty", which report directly to the king of Morocco, alongside the ministries of the interior and religious affairs.[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. The ministry obtained its current name following a cabinet shuffle in 2019.

List of ministers

See also

Notes

  1. Arabic: وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون الإفريقي والمغاربة المقيمين بالخارج
    Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵡⴰⵙⵜ ⵏ ⵜⵖⴰⵡⵙⵉⵡⵉⵏ ⵏ ⴱⵕⵕⴰ ⴷ ⵓⵎⵢⴰⵡⴰⵙ ⴰⵡⴼⵔⵉⵇⵉⵢ ⴷ ⵉⵎⵖⵔⴰⴱⵉⵢⵏ ⵉⵣⴷⵖⵏ ⴳ ⵜⵎⵉⵣⴰⵔ ⵏ ⴱⵕⵕⴰ, romanized: tamawast n tɣawsiwin n bṛṛa d umyawas awfriqiy d imɣrabiyn izdɣn g tmizar n bṛṛa
    French: Ministère des Affaires étrangères, de la Coopération africaine et des Marocains résidant à l'étranger

References

Wikiwand in your browser!

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.

Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.