Istiqlal Party

Istiqlal Party
حزب الاستقلال
Parti Istiqlal
ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵉⵙⵜⵉⵇⵍⴰⵍ
General SecretaryNizar Baraka
FounderAhmed Balafrej
FoundedApril 1937; 87 years ago (1937-04)[1]
Headquarters4, rue Ibn Toumert, Rabat
NewspaperAl-Alam (Arab)
L'Opinion (French)
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right
Regional affiliationDemocrat Union of Africa
European affiliationEuropean People’s Party (regional partner)
International affiliationInternational Democracy Union[7]
Centrist Democrat International
House of Representatives
81 / 395
House of Councillors
24 / 120
Website
www.istiqlal.info Edit this at Wikidata

The Istiqlal Party (Arabic: حزب الإستقلال, romanizedḤizb 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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