He is seen as more effective than his PJD predecessor  Saad Eddine el Othmani  and increasingly  more influential than royal foreign affairs advisor Taieb Fassi-Fihri...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     That government's PJD Foreign Minister  Saad Eddine el Othmani  made Algiers his first port of call  but was widely seen to have behaved naively; in Morocco's coalition the ambitious incoming Rassemblement national des indépendants (RNI) leader Slaheddine Mezouar got Othmani's portfolio  in a snub to the PJD (AC Vol 55 No 2  Headaches for Benkirane)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     After months of haggling  the PJD has lost a key strategic post to the incoming Rassemblement national des indépendants whose leader  Salaheddine Mezouar has replaced Saad Eddine el Othmani as Minister of Foreign Affairs...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Tensions have been visible in Foreign Minister Saad Eddine el Othmani’s overtures to Algeria...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 53 No 6 | 
            - ALGERIA
- MOROCCO
	     The new Moroccan Foreign Minister  Saad Eddine el Othmani  made Algiers the destination of his first foreign trip...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 5 (AAC) No 6 | 
            - MOROCCO
	     Foreign Affairs Minister Saad-Eddine Al Othmani hosted its first Morocco-Asia Business Forum in Rabat on 15-16 March...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Benkirane is popular and will accept the King's offer  despite speculation that another Islamist  such as PJD Secretary General Saad Eddine el Othmani  could become prime minister...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 49 No 1 | 
            - NORTH AFRICA
	     Secretary General Saad Eddine al Othmani is under pressure to make the party more ‘religious’ again...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The PJD cried foul but in the end  electoral arithmetic meant that Saad Eddine el Othmani was never going to be asked to lead the next government  although his party might yet obtain ministerial portfolios...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The PJD's Saad Eddine el Othmani will have to poll exceptionally well to be in the running...