Istiqlal Party حزب الاستقلال Parti Istiqlal ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵉⵙⵜⵉⵇⵍⴰⵍ | |
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| General Secretary | Nizar Baraka |
| Founder | Ahmed Balafrej |
| Founded | April 1937[1] |
| Headquarters | 4, rue Ibn Toumert, Rabat |
| Newspaper | Al-Alam (Arab) L'Opinion (French) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Regional affiliation | Democrat Union of Africa |
| European affiliation | European People’s Party (regional partner) |
| International affiliation | International Democracy Union[7] Centrist Democrat International |
| House of Representatives | 81 / 395 |
| House of Councillors | 24 / 120 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Istiqlal Party (Arabic: حزب الإستقلال, romanized: Ḥizb Al-Istiqlāl, lit. 'Independence Party'; French: Parti Istiqlal; Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵉⵙⵜⵉⵇⵍⴰⵍ) is a political party in Morocco. It is a conservative and monarchist party and a member of the Centrist Democrat International and International Democracy Union. Istiqlal headed a coalition government under Abbas El Fassi from 19 September 2007 to 29 November 2011. From 2013 to 2021, it was part of the opposition. Since 2021 it is part of a coalition government led by Aziz Akhannouch.
The party emerged in the year 1937 during the anti-colonial struggle against French and Spanish imperial rule,[8][9][10] making it the oldest active political party in Morocco.[11]
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