Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Morocco)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (French: Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération Internationale, MAEC, Arabic: وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون‎) is the foreign affairs ministry of Morocco, responsible for implementing Morocco's foreign policy and ensuring relations with foreign states.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération Internationale
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Agency overview
Formed26 April 1956
Headquarters7 rue F. Roosevelt, Rabat
Agency executives
  • Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
  • Mounia Boucetta, Secretary of State
  • Mohammed Ali Lazreq, Secretary-General
Websitewww.diplomatie.ma
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Its head office is in Rabat and is one of the so-called "regalian" (royal) ministries alongside the ministries of Defense, Justice, Finance and the Interior.[1]

Since 5 April 2017, Nasser Bourita is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and is assisted by his junior minister, Abdelkrim Benatiq, who serves as the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of Moroccans living abroad and Migration Affairs.

Organization and structure

The ministry was created by Dahir No. 1-56-097 of 26 April 1956, four months after the formation of the government of Mbarek Bekkay, first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco. The ministry is headed by the Secretary of State, currently Mounia Boucetta since April 2017. As of 2017, the ministry manages and staffs 91 embassies, 53 consulates-general and several Permanent Missions.

List of ministers

See also

References
  1. "Contact Us." Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Retrieved on March 12, 2014. "Address: 7 rue F. Roosevelt Rabat"


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