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The Government is made up of the Prime Minister and Ministers. It is answerable to the King and the Parliament. After the appointment of the Cabinet members by the King, the Prime Minister appears before each one of the two Houses, to submit the programme to be carried out. Such a programme clearly outlines the policy to be adopted by the Government in various areas of national activity, namely in economic, social, cultural and foreign affairs.
This programme comes under discussion in each one of the two Houses. At the House of Representatives, it is put to the vote in accordance with the provisions stipulated in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 75.

The Prime Minister delegates some of his powers to the Ministers; Decrees endorsed by the Prime Minister are countersigned by the Minister responsible for the implementation thereof.
The Government ensures the execution of the laws and are responsible for the administration.
The Prime Minister has the right to introduce bills. No draft bill is tabled in one of the two Houses before it is debated in a Cabinet meeting.
The Prime Minister is responsible for the co-ordination of ministerial activities.
The Cabinet is notified of the following, before any relevant decision is taken:
- matters related to general policies of the State;
- declaration of martial law;
- declaration of war;
- requesting confidence from the House of Representatives to allow the Government to carry out their responsibilities further;
- draft bills, before they are brought to one of the two Houses;
- statutory decrees;
- decrees spelled out in Articles 40,41,45 and 55 of the Constitution ;
- draft plans;
- drafts for revising this Constitution.
In the voting procedure, the government has the following prerogatives:
-The Government may declare the unsuitability of any proposal or amendment considered outside the purview of the legislative power. In case of disagreement, the Constitutional Council shall take action within a period of eight days upon request of one of the two Houses or the Government.
- During the recess periods, the Government may, in agreement with the committees concerned, in both Houses, adopt ordinances which shall be submitted, for ratification, during the following regular session of Parliament.
- Priority in the agenda of each assembly for the governmental texts or the proposals accepted by it in the order fixed by the government.
-The right to propose amendments and the right to object to the examination of any amendment not submitted, beforehand, to the acting committee concerned.
-The resort to the emergency procedure for the examination of a text.

  Abbas El Fassi: Prime Minister

Mohamed El Yazghi: Minister of State

 Abdelwahed Radi: Minister of Justice

 

Chakib Benmoussa: Minister of Interior

 

Taieb Fassi Fihri: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Ahmed Toufiq: Minister of Habous (endowments)and Islamic affairs

M. Driss Dahak:: Secretary General of the government

Mohamed Saad Alami: Minister in charge of Relations with the Parliament

 Salaheddine Mezouar: Minister of Economy and Finance

Karim Ghellab: Minister of Equipment and Transport

Ahmed Taoufiq Hejira: Minister of Housing, Town Planning and Development

Mohamed Boussaid: Minister of Tourism and Craft Industry

Amina Benkhadra: Minister of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment

Yasmina Baddou: Minister of Health

Nawal El Moutawakil: Minister of Youth and Sports

Aziz Akhenouch: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Ahmed Akhchichine: Minister of National Education, Higher Education, Staff Training, and Scientific Research

Khalid Naciri: Minister of Communication and Government Spokesman

Jamal Aghmani: Minister of Employment and Vocational Training

Ahmed Chami: Minister of Industry, Trade and New Technologies

Abdellatif Maâzouz: Minister of Foreign Trade
Nouzha Skalli: Minister of Social Development, Family and Solidarity

Touriya Jabrane: Minister of Culture

M. Abderrahmane Sbaï : ministre délégué auprès du Premier ministre, chargé de l'Administration de la Défense nationale

Nizar Baraka: Delegate Minister to the Prime Minister in charge of Economic and General Affairs

Mohamed Abbou: Delegate Minister to the Prime Minister in charge of Public Sectors Modernization

Mohammed Ameur: Delegate Minister to the Prime Minister in charge of Moroccan expatriates

Abdelkébir Zahoud: Secretary of State to the Minister of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment, in charge of Water and Environment

Anis Birou: Secretary of State to the Minister of Tourism and Craft Industry, in charge of Craft Industry

Saad Hassar: Secretary of State to the Minister of Interior

Latifa Labida: Secretary of State to the Minister of National Education, Higher Education, Staff Training, and Scientific Research, in charge of Primary and Secondary Education

Latifa Akherbach: Secretary of State to the Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
   Abdeslam Al Mesbahi: Secretary of State to the Minister of Housing, Town Planning and Development, in charge of Territorial Development .
 

 
 
 
 
 

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