Abdelkrim al-Khatib
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Abdelkrim al-Khatib (Arabic: عبد الكريم الخطيب, romanized: ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Khaṭīb; 2 March 1921 – 28 September 2008) was a Moroccan surgeon, politician and activist. He co-founded the National Popular Movement which would later split and was eventually re-branded as the Justice and Development Party. He became the first leader of Morocco's House of Representatives.
Abdelkrim al-Khatib | |
|---|---|
عبد الكريم الخطيب | |
| Secretary General of the Justice and Development Party | |
| In office 1998–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Party established |
| Succeeded by | Saadeddine Othmani |
| President of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 1963–1965 | |
| Preceded by | Mehdi Ben Barka (1959) |
| Succeeded by | Abdelhadi Boutaleb |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 5 January 1963 – 13 November 1963 | |
| Monarch | Hassan II |
| Preceded by | Youssef Belabbès |
| Succeeded by | Larbi Chraïbi |
| Minister of Employment and Social Affairs | |
| In office 27 May 1960 – 2 June 1961 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed V |
| Preceded by | Maati Bouabid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1921 |
| Died | 28 September 2008 (aged 87) |
| Party | Justice and Development Party |
Other political affiliations | National Popular Movement |
Biography
al-Khatib was born on 2 March 1921 in El Jadida. His father, Omar al-Khatib, was an administrative interpreter of Algerian origin and his mother Meriem El Guebbas was Moroccan.[1] He became the first surgeon in Morocco[2] and was involved when the Popular Movement was started. He was a campaigner for independence and he became the first leader of Morocco's House of Representatives. He was also a Government minister several times.[3]
After the 1965 period of emergency when the Moroccan King took on the temporary management of Morocco, he founded the Justice and Development Party which emerged from the Popular Democratic Constitutional Movement in 1988. These were Islamic parties that support the monarchy.[3] It is said that this new party was based on the Turkish party of the same name. But that's not true because the party in Turkey was founded in 2001. But it said that the Turkish Islamic politician Necmettin Erbakan was a big actor by founding the party.[4]
The party was successful in the 2002 general election taking 42 out of the 325 seats.[4]
Family
El Khatib is the maternal uncle of Moroccan General Housni Benslimane whose sister is the mother of Ismail Alaoui the ex-president of the Party of Progress and Socialism.[5] El Khatib is also the maternal uncle of Saad Hassar, former secretary of state in the Moroccan Interior Ministry[6]