Justice and Development Party (Morocco)

Justice and Development Party
Arabic: حزب العدالة والتنمية
French: Parti de la justice et du développement
Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵏⵣⵣⴰⵔⴼⵓⵜ ⴷ ⵜⴰⵏⴼⵍⵉⵜ
AbbreviationJDP (English)
PJD (French)
General SecretaryAbdelilah Benkirane
FounderAbdelkrim al-Khatib
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967)
Split fromPopular Movement
Headquarters4, rue El Yefrani Cité les Orangers, Rabat
NewspaperAlmisbah
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing[7]
ReligionIslam
Colours  Blue   Orange
House of Representatives
13 / 395
House of Councillors
3 / 120
Pan-African Parliament
1 / 5
(Morocco seats)
Party flag
Website
www.pjd.ma
Saadeddine Othmani
Abdelilah Benkirane

The Justice and Development Party[a] is a political party in Morocco that advocates for Islamism. It was the ruling party of Morocco from 2011 to 2021.

  1. ^ Feriha Perekli (2012). "The Applicability of the "Turkish Model" to Morocco: The Case of the Parti de la Justice et du Développement (PJD)" (PDF). Insight Turkey. 14 (3): 85–108. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Islamists in Morocco election claim 'historic' vote breakthrough". The Telegraph. 26 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b Alami, Aida (25 November 2011). "Moroccans Vote in Election Marking Shift of Power From King". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  4. ^ Chen, Cherice (25 November 2011). "Morocco votes in first election since protests; Islamist party eyes victory". Taiwan News. Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  5. ^ López García, Bernabé; de Larramendi, Miguel Hernando (9 March 2017). "The 2016 parliamentary elections in Morocco: context and interpretations". Elcano Royal Institute.
  6. ^ Abouzzohour, Yasmina (22 September 2017). "The Persistent Rural Failure of Morocco's Justice and Development Party". Project on Middle East Political Science.
  7. ^ Ruedas, Alma, "Sahrawi Self-Determination Within Existing Borders: Adapting the Right to Self Determination to Modern International Norms" (2019). Student Research Symposium. 9. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/studentsymposium/2019/Presentations/9


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).