Nizar Baraka
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MonarchMohammed VI of Morocco
Prime MinisterAziz Akhannouch
Preceded byAziz Rabbah
Preceded byHamid Chabat
Nizar Baraka | |
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نزار بركة | |
 Baraka in 2012 | |
| Minister of Equipment and Water | |
| Assumed office 7 October 2021 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed VI of Morocco |
| Prime Minister | Aziz Akhannouch |
| Preceded by | Aziz Rabbah |
| Secretary-General of the Istiqlal Party | |
| Assumed office 7 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Hamid Chabat |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 7 October 2017 – 7 October 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Saadeddine Othmani |
| Preceded by | Hamid Chabat |
| Succeeded by | Abdellatif Ouahbi |
| Minister of Economy and Finance | |
| In office 3 January 2012 – 20 August 2013 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed VI of Morocco |
| Prime Minister | Abdelilah Benkirane |
| Preceded by | Salaheddine Mezouar |
| Succeeded by | Aziz Akhannouch (interim) Mohamed Boussaid |
| Minister delegate attached to the Prime Minister for general affairs and Economy | |
| In office 14 November 2010 – 3 January 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Abbas el Fassi |
| Succeeded by | Najib Boulif |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1964 |
| Party | Istiqlal Party |
| Alma mater | Aix-Marseille University (PhD) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Nizar Baraka (born 6 February 1964) is a Moroccan politician and businessman of the Istiqlal Party. He has served as Minister of Equipment and Water since October 2021.[1] He is the grandson of nationalist Allal Al Fassi.
He was Minister of Economy and Finance in the government of Abdelilah Benkirane.[2][3]
Baraka holds a PhD in econometrics from Aix-Marseille University in France.
