MP

It holds 29 of 395 seats in the House of Representatives and 10 of 120 in the House of Councillors. It is named in the Morocco legislative election held on 23 September 2026.

History

Mahjoubi Aherdane and Abdelkrim al-Khatib founded the party on 28 September 1957 as a rural, conservative party loyal to the monarchy. Al-Khatib broke away in 1967 to form a movement that became the Justice and Development Party. Aherdane was removed as leader in 1986 and Mohand Laenser took over, while Aherdane founded the National Popular Movement in 1991. The branches merged in March 2006. The party won 41 seats in 2007, 32 in 2011, 27 in 2016 and 28 in 2021. Mohammed Ouzzine has been secretary general since 2022.

Positions

Wikipedia places the party on the centre-right of Morocco's spectrum and lists monarchism, conservative and classical liberalism, agrarianism and Amazigh (Berber) cultural identity among its ideas, pairing social conservatism with liberal economics. It stresses political pluralism and recognition of the country's cultural and linguistic diversity. It belongs to Liberal International, the Africa Liberal Network and the Al Hurriya Liberal Network.

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