Abdelkrim al-Khatib

Abdelkrim Al Khatib
Born 2 March 1921
El Jadida
Died 28 September 2008 (aged 87)
Rabat
Nationality Moroccan
Known for Moroccan activist

Abdelkrim Al Khatib (2 March 1921 – 28 September 2008) was a surgeon, politician and activist in Morocco. He co-founded the National Popular Movement which would later split and was eventually re-branded as the Justice and Development Party. He became the first leader of Morocco's House of Representatives.

Biography

Al Khatib was born in El Jadida into a family originally from the Rif.[1] He became the first surgeon in Morocco[2] and was involved when the Popular Movement was started. He was a campaigner for independence and he became the first leader of Morocco's House of Representatives. He was also a Government minister several times.[3]

After the 1965 period of emergency when the Moroccan King took on the temporary management of Morocco, he founded the Justice and Development Party which emerged from the Popular Democratic Constitutional Movement in 1988. These were Islamic parties that support the monarchy.[3] It is said that this new party was based on the Turkish party of the same name.[4]

The party was successful in the 2002 election taking 42 out of the 325 seats.[4]

Al Khatib died in Rabat in 2008.[3]

Family

El Khatib is the maternal uncle of Moroccan General Housni Benslimane whose sister is the mother of Ismail Alaoui the ex-president of the Party of Progress and Socialism.[1] El Khatib is also the maternal uncle of Saad Hassar, former secretary of state in the Moroccan Interior Ministry[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Karim Douichi (18 February 2005). "La famille, le plus grand parti du Maroc". La vie économique. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Abdessamad Mouhieddine (3 October 2008). "Décès d'Abdelkrim El Khatib: La mort d'un "patriote"". La gazette du Maroc. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Abdelkrim al-Khatib, berkleycenter.georgetown.ed, retrieved 20 November 2013
  4. 1 2 Political Islam in Morocco: The Case of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), concernedafricascholars.org, accessed 20 November 2013
  5. ↑ "Saâd Hassar, le " Joker "". Maghreb-Intelligence. 2011-06-17. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
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