VOL. XLV

No 46

18-November-2002

MOROCCO

New Government Formed In Morocco

Moroccan King Muhammad VI named a new 38 member cabinet on 7 November, one month after the first elections in the country since the king came to power in 1999. The new Prime Minister is Driss Jettou, the former interior minister, who is without party affiliation. The main parties represented in the new coalition government are the Socialist Union of Forces for Progress (UFSP) and the conservative Istiqlal Party, the same...