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Aziz Akhannouch

Date of Birth: 1961
Place of Birth: Tafraout


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Royalty shows signs of stress

Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's government has moved quickly to invest its resources in major new pipelines to bring water from dams in the wetter north southwards...

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Turbulence above and below the surface

Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch has survived another difficult year in office his government sticking to orthodox economic policies and being rewarded by hosting the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Marrakech only weeks after parts of central Morocco were flattened by a huge earthquake on 8 September (AC Vol 64 No 19 Worst earthquake for 120 years could unleash economic and political tremors)...


Could a cold war turn hot?

In Morocco businessman-turned-Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's administration promises change but too little has been delivered in a system where power-brokers close to the Palace still pull many strings...


Navigating through the fog of cold war

A heavy police presence helped to keep protests to a minimum while the governing Parti de la Justice et du Développement (PJD) held back from confrontation before suffering a huge election defeat to Aziz Akhannouch's Rassemblement National des Indépendants (RNI) and other parties close to the Palace (AC Vol 62 No 22 The PJD loses its base & Vol 62 No 19 A win for the Makhzen)...


Reasons to be fearful

In national elections in September the malfunctioning Islamist Parti de la Justice et du Développement (PJD) government in office since the 2011 Arab Spring was replaced by a liberal-minded administration led by energetic billionaire businessman Aziz Akhannouch (AC Vol 62 No 22 The PJD loses its base & Vol 62 No 19 A win for the Makhzen)...


Has the sun set on the Brothers?

The effect was clearest in Morocco's parliamentary elections in September when the PJD's Saad Eddine el Othmani was replaced at the head of government by a big business-focused administration under billionaire Aziz Akhannouch (AC Vol 62 No 19 A win for the Makhzen)...


The PJD loses its base

Meanwhile the vote for new Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's Rassemblement national des indépendants (RNI) the Parti authenticité et modernité (PAM) and some other Makhzen-approved parties was inflated by 'investment' in rural electorates...


A win for the Makhzen

When King Mohammed VI (M6) asked billionaire businessman Aziz Akhannouch to form a government their meeting on 10 September formalised the victory of secular over Islamist factions in Morocco's version of the culture wars (AC Vol 60 No 25 Activist King vs the activists)...

PREMIER AKHANNOUCH – THE NEW MAN IN A SUIT A highly ambitious Swasa Berber from the southern Sousse region Aziz Akhannouch has finally achieved his ambition to form a government...


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