Abdellatif Ouahbi
Moroccan politician
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Abdellatif Ouahbi (Arabic: عبد اللطيف وهبي; born 28 July 1961) is a Moroccan lawyer and politician. He was elected MP in 2016 and then Secretary General of the Authenticity and Modernity Party in 2020.[1][2] Since 2021, he has been serving as Minister of Justice in the government of Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch.
Abdellatif Ouahbi | |
|---|---|
عبد اللطيف وهبي | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| Assumed office 7 October 2021 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed VI |
| Prime Minister | Aziz Akhannouch |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Ben Abdelkader |
| Secretary General of the Authenticity and Modernity Party | |
| In office 9 February 2020 – 10 February 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Hakim Benchamach |
| Succeeded by | Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri |
| Member of Parliament for Taroudant-North | |
| In office 29 November 2011 – 7 October 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 July 1961 |
| Party | Authenticity and Modernity Party |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Early life
Career
Ouahbi began his political career in the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, of which he was a member from 1976 to 1991. He then joined the Socialist Democratic Vanguard Party in 1991 before leaving it for the Authenticity and Modernity Party in 2010.[5]
In 2011, during the legislative elections, Ouahbi was elected deputy to the House of Representatives in the Taroudant-North constituency.[6] He was re-elected in 2016. During this term, he presided over the Commission of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights.[7]
In February 2020, he became Secretary General of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM).[8]
In September 2021, Ouahbi was elected Mayor of Taroudant.[9]
During a conference in November 2022, Ouahbi stated that a new law would be drafted imposing 21 years of child support payment on the fathers of children born out of wedlock.[10]
In January 2023, Ouahbi was severely implicated in a scandal regarding the Moroccan bar examination. The pass threshold was set abnormally low (2%). Among the only successful candidates were several children of Moroccan politicians, including the Ouahbi's own children.[11] On 24 January 2023, Ouahbi sued a student who failed the bar exam causing public outcry.[12][13]