PJD forms Morocco's first Islamist-led government (Benkirane I)

After winning a plurality (107 seats) in the 25 November 2011 election — the first under the post-Arab-Spring 2011 constitution — the Justice and Development Party (PJD) provided Morocco's first elected Islamist head of government. King Mohammed VI appointed party secretary-general Abdelilah Benkirane on 29 November 2011; the coalition government (with Istiqlal, the MP and the PPS) was formed in early January 2012. It was the first time an Islamist party led a Moroccan government.

Referenced entities

Parties

Justice and Development Party

Politicians

Abdelilah Benkirane party-leader

Sources

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). PJD forms Morocco's first Islamist-led government (Benkirane I) [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/a34780d6-b86e-4e6a-98fc-13ac6c1faf1e

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Gara, Tarek. 2026. "PJD forms Morocco's first Islamist-led government (Benkirane I)." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/a34780d6-b86e-4e6a-98fc-13ac6c1faf1e.

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@misc{tayyar-event-a34780d6-b86e-4e6a-98fc-13ac6c1faf1e,
  title     = {{PJD forms Morocco's first Islamist-led government (Benkirane I)}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/a34780d6-b86e-4e6a-98fc-13ac6c1faf1e},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 2012-01-03. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2012-01-03. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.