Benkirane's successor as Prime Minister Saad Eddine el Othmani is generally seen as conciliatory but sources say the workmanlike Othmani is deeply frustrated by how little space there is to act...
A local Muslim Brotherhood-type party led by Moroccan-educated former political prisoner Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour Tawassoul takes inspiration from Morocco's Parti de la Justice et du Développement (PJD) whose Saad Eddine el Othmani is now Prime Minister...
That led to the sacking of charismatic Parti de la Justice et du Développement (PJD) Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane who was replaced with a more pliant leader from the Islamist party Saad Eddine el Othmani (AC Vol 58 No 7 Bye bye Benkirane)...
Another senior minister – one of the most respected members of the coalition government led by Prime Minister Saad Eddine el Othmani's Islamist Parti de la justice et du développement (PJD) – has been sacked by King Mohammed VI (M6) in a fit of 'colère royale' (royal anger)...
The Korean-born World Bank president Jim Yong Kim who shared a stage at the opening session with Rwanda's Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente and his Moroccan counterpart Saad Eddine al Othmani was keen to stress that industrial policy was only one of several factors that drove South Korea's economic success...
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Prime Minister Saad Eddine el Othmani is more compliant than his predecessor Abdelilah Benkirane who like other 'populist' politicians faces political isolation and policy is driven by M6 allies such as Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch in a return to prominence of Makhzen figures (AC Vol 58 No 2 Benkirane's 'bras de fer' & Vol 58 No 21 M6's apprentices)...
The current PJD Prime Minister Saad Eddine el Othmani is thought to be more compliant but he is also seen as expendable if the Palace seeks to change direction...
Security and defence then dominated Medvedev's meetings with Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Eddine el Othmani the next day...
M6 and business leaders seem more impressed with PJD Prime Minister Saad Eddine el Othmani than the more popular Benkirane but many of his ministers are being criticised for failing to deliver...
Then the PJD's number two Saad Eddine el Othmani was put forward as PM...
