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Labour Party
الحزب العمالي
Parti Travailliste
Leader Abdelkrim Benatik
Founded2005 (2005)
DissolvedJuly 24, 2013 (2013-07-24)
Headquarters Rabat
Ideology Social democracy
Political position Centre-left
Colours Red, White

The Labour Party ( French: Parti Travailliste) was a political party in Morocco.

Profile

The party was founded at its first congress took place on 14 and 15 May 2005. [1] [2] The founders of the party included Abdelkrim Benatik, Omar Seghrouchni and Mohamed el Ouchari. [2]

As of 2013, the president of the party was Abdelkrim Benatik. [3] The party had a centre-left political leaning. [4]

In the parliamentary election held on 7 September 2007, the party won five out of 325 seats. It won four out of 395 seats in the parliamentary election held on 25 November 2011. [2]

References

  1. ^ "Moroccan Political Parties". Riad Reviews. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Morocco". European Forum. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Morocco Government Profile 2013". Index Mundi. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. ^ Imad Estito (9 December 2011). "Morocco's Left Rejects Alliance with Islamists". Al Akhbar. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.