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Abdelila Bekirane elected PM of Morocco

Abdelilah Bekirane, leader of Morocco's Islamic Justice and Development Party (PJD), was appointed as country's Prime Minister on 10 October 2016. 
●    This will be his second term as Prime Minister of Morocco.
●    Mohammed VI, the king of Morocco, made the announcement after Benkirane's PJD party emerged with the most number of seats in the 395-seat lower house of parliament.
●    In the election held on 7 October 2016, the PJD party, which has been running a coalition government since 2011, won 125 seats. 
●    The opposition Authenticity and Modernity Party came second with 102 seats. 
●    The country’s oldest party Istiqlal (Independence) Party stood third with 46 seats.
●    Benkirane has been serving as Prime Minister in a coalition government since November 2011.
●    Of the 395 members of the lower house, 305 are elected in multi-seat constituencies from electoral lists put together by the parties, while 60 seats of the remaining 90 are reserved for a national list of women and the rest 30 seats are set aside for candidates under the age of 35.

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