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Name and date of creation:
Istiqlal Party – PI (literally “party of independence”), January 11th 1944.

Transcription:
Hizb Al Istiqlal.

History:
• The party was originally founded in 1940 under the French protectorate, to only become an official political party in January 11th in 1944, with the submission of the proclamation of independence and democracy.
• Since that date, the party benefited of some prestige, first conveyed by its charismatic leader Allal EL FASSI, then by its struggle for the return of the late King Mohamed V from his exile in Madagascar.

Political orientations:
The Istiqlal Party is a nationalist and conservative monarchist party that defends the label of “Greater Morocco” (full territory including the Western Sahara). It is also a member of the Centrist Democrat International.

Slogan for the legislative elections 2007:
“Together for the construction of Morocco to face the future”.

Leaders and members:
• Abbas EL FASSI (Secretary-General of PI and state minister).
• Karim GHELLAB (Minister of Equipment and Transport).
• Adil DOUIRI (Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts and Social Economy).
• Mohamed Saâd ALAMI (Minister of Relations with the Parliament).
• Ahmed Toufiq HJIRA (Ministry Delegate to the Prime Minister in charge of Housing and Town Planning).
• Yasmina BADDOU (Secretary of State of Social Development, Family and Solidarity and second woman inside the government).

Program headlines:
• Accelerating economic growth and encouraging investment.
• Improving the governance.
• Protecting the environment.
• Strengthening international relations of Morocco, in order to make of it a perfect partner in the Mediterranean, Europe, Africa, Arab World and Islamic World.

Website:
www.istiqlal.ma

The order according to which political parties are presented does not reflect, by any means, the preferences nor the ideology of Agadir Souss Team. We simply are basing it on the results of the legislative elections of 2002, that had the following order: SUPF, Istiqlal, JDP… Please check the distribution of political parties in Morocco in 2002.

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