- Abderrahmane Youssoufi
Infobox Prime Minister
name = Abderrahmane Youssoufi
order =Prime Minister of Morocco
monarch = King Hassan IIMohammed VI of Morocco
deputy =
birth_date = birth date and age|1924|03|08
birth_place =Tangier ,Morocco
term_start =4 February 1998
term_end =9 October 2002
predecessor =Abdellatif Filali
successor =Driss Jettou
party =Socialist Union of Popular Forces
religion =Sunni Islam Abderrahmane Youssoufi ( _ar. عبد الرحمن اليوسفي) (born
March 8 ,1924 ) is a Moroccan politician who served as the Prime Minister ofMorocco from 1998 to 2002.Early life
Born in
Tangier , Abderrahmane Youssoufi was asocialist from a young age, dedicating himself to organizing theworking class ofCasablanca as early as 1944. In 1949, Youssoufi began also to fight for the rights of emigrant Moroccan workers inFrance .He also studied law, practicing in Tangier from 1952 to 1960.
Political career
In 1959, Youssoufi joined the
National Union of Popular Forces , a left-wing political party. He was arrested for his involvement in 1959, and again in 1963, the latter arrest leading to a prison sentence of two years. Following his release, Youssoufi went into self-imposed exile inParis for a period of fifteen years.Meanwhile, the National Union of Popular Forces became the
Socialist Union of Popular Forces . In 1980, Youssoufi returned to join the new party, becoming the party secretary in 1992.Prime Minister
In March 1998,
King Hassan II named Youssoufi the Prime Minister of Morocco, a post he held until October 2002. In 2003, Youssoufi announced his retirement from politics.Awards
In 1999 he was one of the two winners of the
North-South Prize . [cite web | title = The North South Prize of Lisbon | work = North-South Centre | publisher = Council of Europe | url = http://www.coe.int/t/e/north%2Dsouth_centre/programmes/7_north%2Dsouth_prize/winners_PNS.asp
accessdate =2008-01-21 ]References
* "This article is based in part on the corresponding article in the French Wikipedia, accessed
October 1 ,2005 ."
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