Political Factors in Morocco

On July 23rd 1999, just hours after the death of his father, Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed was declared King of Morocco. After his enthronement, the King revealed his ambitious development plans for the country which surely helped him become known as a moderniser.

King Mohammed was educated in Morocco and obtained in 1985 a Bachelor’s degree in law at the Mohammed V University in Rabat, then went on to train with the then President of the European Commission in Brussels. On October 29th 1993 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Sophia Antipolis in Nice, France. The doctorate was awarded “with very honourable distinction” and with the Congratulations of the Jury.

Shortly after taking power, H.M. King Mohammed VI addressed the nation on television, vowing to fight poverty and corruption. He then also granted women more power, by implementing a new family code which stated amongst other things that the first wife would need to consent to polygamy for it to be legal and also raising the legal age of marriage from 15 to 18.

Morocco is a de jure constitutional monarchy, with an elected parliament and offers a stable political situation. The King of Morocco, with vast executive powers, can dissolve government and deploy the military, among other prerogatives. Opposition political parties are legal, and several have been formed in recent years.

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