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Party of Progress and Socialism

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Party of Progress and Socialism
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The Party of Progress and Socialism (Arabic: حزب التقدم والاشتراكية, romanized: ḥizb at-taqaddum wal-ištirakīya; Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵓⴼⴰⵔⴰ ⴷ ⵜⵏⵎⵍⴰ, romanized: akabar n ufaru n tnmla; French: Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme, PPS) is a left-wing socialist political party in Morocco.

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History and profile

The party was founded in 1974[1] by Ali Yata as the successor of Moroccan Communist Party and Party of Liberation and Socialism.[2]

After the fall of the Eastern Bloc, the party distanced itself from communism and Arab socialism.

In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 11 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 17 out of 325 seats.

The PPS was included in the government of Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi, formed on 15 October 2007.[3]

The party won 12 out of 325 seats in the parliamentary election held in 2016.[4]

The PPS achieved its best result in the 2021 Moroccan general election winning 22 out of 395 seats and was able to form a parliamentary group for the first time in the party's history, despite the fact that party leader Nabil Benabdellah was defeated in the Rabat constituency.[5]

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