Editing Politics of Morocco (section)

==Executive branch==
{{Main|Cabinet of Morocco}}
{{Office-table}}
|[[List of rulers of Morocco|King]]
|[[Mohammed VI of Morocco|Mohammed VI]]
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|23 July 1999
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|[[Prime Minister of Morocco|Prime Minister]]
|[[Aziz Akhannouch]]
|[[National Rally of Independents|RNI]]
|10 September 2021
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The constitution grants the king extensive powers; he is both the secular political leader and the "[[Commander of the Faithful]]" as a direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammed. He presides over the Council of Ministers; appoints the [[prime minister]] following legislative elections, and on recommendations from the latter, appoints the members of the government. While the constitution theoretically allows the king to terminate the tenure of any minister, and after consultation with the heads of the higher and lower Assemblies, to dissolve the Parliament, suspend the constitution, call for new elections, or rule by decree, the only time this happened was in 1965. The King is formally the chief of the military. Upon the death of his father [[Mohammed V of Morocco|Mohammed V]], King [[Hassan II]] succeeded to the throne in 1961. He ruled Morocco for the next 38 years until he died in 1999. His son, the King [[Mohammed VI of Morocco|Mohammed VI]], assumed the throne in July 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC News {{!}} Africa {{!}} Mohammed VI takes Moroccan throne|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/402712.stm|access-date=2020-10-14|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

Following the March 1998 elections, a coalition government headed by opposition [[socialism|socialist]] [[Abderrahmane Youssoufi]] and composed largely of ministers drawn from opposition parties, was formed. Prime Minister Youssoufi's government is the first government drawn primarily from opposition parties in decades, and also represents the first opportunity for a coalition of socialist, left-of-centre, and nationalist parties to be included in the government until October 2002. It was also the first time in the modern political history of the Arab world that the opposition assumed power following an election. The current government is headed by [[Aziz Akhannouch]], who was appointed by King Mohammed VI after his party won a plurality of seats in the [[2021 Moroccan general election|September 2021 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/09/344390/aziz-akhannouch-moroccos-new-billionaire-prime-minister|title=Aziz Akhannouch: Morocco's New Billionaire Prime Minister|first=Shaquile|last=Goff|publisher=Morocco World News|date=19 September 2021|accessdate=18 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/world/others/moroccan-king-appoints-aziz-akhannouch-as-new-prime-minister20210911031431/|title=Moroccan King appoints Aziz Akhannouch as new Prime Minister|publisher=ANI|date=10 September 2021|accessdate=18 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=10 September 2021|title=Le Roi Mohammed VI nomme Aziz Akhannouch chef du gouvernement|language=fr-FR|website=Medias24|url=https://medias24.com/2021/09/10/le-roi-mohammed-vi-nomme-aziz-akhannouch-chef-du-gouvernement/|access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref> His cabinet was sworn in on 7 October.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/moroccan-king-names-new-government-headed-by-aziz-akhannouch/2386059|title=Moroccan king names new government headed by Aziz Akhannouch|publisher=Anadolu Agency|date=7 October 2021|accessdate=14 October 2021}}</ref>