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**Background Education**: Completed primary and secondary studies in Kénitra and Tanger. Received a law degree from Mohamed V University in Rabat.
 * Abbas El Fassi **

**Jobs**:1961: Elected president of Morocco's student union. 1964: Began practicing law in Rabat. 1973: Became Secretary-General of the Moroccan Human Rights League. 1974: Elected as a member of the Istiqlal party's executive committee. 1977: Became Minister of Housing, kept this job until 1981. 1981:Appointed Minister of Handicrafts and Social Affairs. Served as Moroccan ambassador to Paris and Tunisia and as Morocco's representative to the Arab League and the Maghreb Union. 1998: Replaced M'hamed Boucetta as Secretary-General of the Istiqlal party. 2000: Became Minister of Labour. 2007: King Mohammed VI named him Prime Minister, a position he officially took over on October 15, 2007.

**Projects**: Abbas El Fassi had to take charge when Morocco was accused of backing the former Egyptian president, Anwar Sadat and encouraging him to go to Israel and enter the Camp David negotiations, which ended in the signing of the Camp David Accords and a peaceful truce between Egypt and Israel.*

**References**:Ahmed Balafrej- Also in the Istiqlal party. Wants to reform nationalism with students. He also co founded the Istiqlal party. (Independence party) Allal al-Fassi- Wanted independence from France. Went far and beyond with his efforts to get independence. Abdelhamid Chabat- Very involved in social events in the city of Fez. Elected head of the Istiqlal party. (Independence party)

* The Camp David Accords were the result of 18 months of intense diplomatic efforts by Egypt, Israel, and the United States that began after Jimmy Carter became President. Efforts initially focused on a comprehensive resolution of disputes between Israel and the Arab countries, gradually evolved into a search for a bilateral agreement between Israel and Egypt.

1. **Abbas El Fassi**

2. **Morocco**. **Geography**: Located in Northern Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It’s between Algeria and Western Sahara. **Economy**: Relatively liberal economy governed by the law of supply and demand. Named second most competitive economy in North Africa behind Tunisia, in its African Competitiveness Report 2009. The Moroccan economy is much more robust than just a few years ago. Morocco's sound economic management in recent years has yielded strong growth and investment grade status and it is weathering the negative impacts of the global crisis impressively well. **Population**: 32,272,974 Social Structure: Ethnically diverse country with a “rich” culture and civilization. Morocco has had many different ethnicity's throughout it’s history. All of them have had a huge impact on the social structure creating many different forms of believes. Ex: paganism, Judaism, and Christianity to Islam.

**3.Previous Occupations/Background Information**: Born on September 18, 1940. Born in Berkane, Morocco. In 1961, he was elected as president of the Morocco’s student union. In 1964, he began practicing law in Rabat. In 1973 he became the Secretary-General of the Moroccan Human Rights League. In 1974, he was elected as a member of the Istiqlal party's executive committee. in 1977, he became the Minister of Housing, he kept this job until 1981. In 1981, he was appointed the Minister of Handicrafts and Social Affairs. In 1998, he replaced M'hamed Boucetta as Secretary-General of the Istiqlal party. In 2000, he became the Minister of Labour. In 2007, King Mohammed VI named him Prime Minister, a position he officially took over on October 15, 2007.

4.**References & Ideas**: **1. Ahmed Balafrej**- Also in the Istiqlal party. Wants to reform nationalism with students. He also co founded the Istiqlal party. (Independence party) **2. Allal al-Fassi**- Wanted independence from France. Went far and beyond with his efforts to get independence.
 * 3. Abdelhamid ** **Chabat**- Very involved in social events in the city of Fez. Elected head of the Istiqlal party. (Independence party)

5.**Mo Ibrahim Foundation**- **1. Safety and Rule of Law**: Morocco is ranked 14th out of 53 overall. Out of 100 points, Morocco scored 62 points for the country portion. North Africa’s performance in Safety and Rule of Law is weak ranking 3rd out of 5 of the countries. **2. Participation and Human Rights**: Scored a 35/100 points. Ranked 35th out of 53 countries. This score is well below the continent average. Scored 2nd lowest. **3. Sustainable Economic Opportunity:** Ranked 6th of out 53. Given a score of 64/100 as the country score. North Africa ranks 1st for Sustainable Economic Opportunity and Human Development. In these two categories and all of the sub-categories within them, North Africa’s score is higher than the continental average. **4. Human Development**: Ranked 11th out of 53. Given a score of 71/100. North Africa has shown an extremely imbalanced performance, with strong average regional performance in Sustainable Economic Opportunity and Human Development (and underlying sub-categories) against a weak average regional performance in Safety & Rule of Law and Participation & Human Rights (and underlying sub-categories).

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