Morocco’s mid-term cabinet reshuffle: new comers at the head of farming, education, transport, investment departments, six Secretaries of State appointed

King Mohammed VI received this Wednesday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, the members of the government following a mid-term reshuffle that witnessed the appointment of 14 new comers, including 6 secretaries of State.

The newly appointed ministers will hold the portfolios of education, higher education, health, agriculture, transport, and solidarity, social integration and family. The new comers also include a minister delegate in charge of investment, convergence and evaluation of public policies, and a minister delegate in charge of digital transition and administrative reform.

Key ministers in the foreign affairs, interior, finance, defense and religious affairs kept their positions.
The new members of the cabinet were sworn in before the Monarch.

The line-up of the 31-member restructured cabinet is as follows:

Aziz Akhannouch: Head of Government

Abdelouafi Laftit: Minister of the Interior;

Nasser Bourita: Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates;

Abdellatif Ouahbi: Minister of Justice;

Ahmed Toufiq: Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs;

Mohamed Hajoui: Secretary General of the Government;

Nadia Fettah: Minister of the Economy and Finance;

Nizar Baraka: Minister of Equipment and Water;

Mohamed Saad Berrada: Minister of National Education, Pre-school Learning and Sports;

Amine Tahraoui: Minister of Health and Social Protection;

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri: Minister of National Territory Planning, Land Planning, Housing and City Policy;

Ahmed Bouari: Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests;

Younes Sekkouri Oubbahessou: Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills;

Ryad Mezzour: Minister of Industry and Trade;

Fatim-Zahra Ammor: Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts and Social and Solidarity Economy;

Azzedine El Midaoui: Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation;

Leila Benali: Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development;

Abdessamad Kayouh: Minister of Transport and Logistics;

Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid: Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication;

Naima Ben Yahia: Minister of Solidarity, Social Integration and Family;

Abdellatif Loudiyi: Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of the National Defense Administration;

Karim Zidane: Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Investment, Convergence and the Evaluation of Public Policies;

Fouzi Lekjaa: Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Economy and Finance, in charge of the Budget;

Mustapha Baitas: Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Relations with Parliament, Government Spokesperson;

Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni: Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform;

Zakia Driouich, Secretary of State to the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Forests, in charge of Maritime Fisheries;

Omar Hejira, Secretary of State to the Minister of Industry and Trade, in charge of Foreign Trade;

Adib Benbrahim, Secretary of State to the Minister of National Territory Planning, Land Planning, Housing and City Policy, in charge of Housing;

Hicham Sabiry, Secretary of State to the Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, in charge of Employment;

Lahcen Essaadi, Secretary of State to the Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts and Social and Solidarity Economy, in charge of Handicrafts and Social and Solidarity Economy; and

Abdeljebbar Rachidi, Secretary of State to the Minister of Solidarity, Social Integration and Family, in charge of Social Integration