Abdelilah benkirane biography of william
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Abdelilah Benkirane
Prime minister of Morocco (2011–2017)
Abdelilah Benkirane (Arabic: عبد الإله بنكيران, born 1954) is a Moroccan politician who was the 15th Prime Minister of Morocco from November 2011 to March 2017.[1][2] After having won a plurality of seats in the 2011 parliamentary election, his party, the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party formed a coalition with three parties that had been part of previous governments.[3][4][5]
Political career
During the 1970s, Benkirane was a leftist and Islamist political activist.[6] He has represented Salé in the Moroccan parliament since 14 November 1997.[7] He was elected leader of the Justice and Development Party in July 2008, taking over from Saadeddine Othmani.[8]
Benkirane's politics are democratic and Islamist.
In a 2011 interview he said: "If I get into government, it won't be so I can tell young women how many centimeters of