The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates[a][b] is the foreign affairs ministry of Morocco, responsible for implementing Morocco's foreign policy and ensuring relations with foreign states.
Its head office is in Rabat and is one of the so-called "ministries of sovereignty", which report directly to the king of Morocco, alongside the ministries of the interior and religious affairs.[1]
Since 5 April 2017, Nasser Bourita is the incumbent minister, and is assisted by his junior minister, Abdelkrim Benatiq, who serves as the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of Moroccans living abroad and Migration Affairs.
The ministry was created by Dahir No. 1-56-097 of 26 April 1956, four months after the formation of the government of Mbarek Bekkay, first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco. The ministry is headed by the Secretary of State, currently Mounia Boucetta since April 2017. As of 2017, the ministry manages and staffs 91 embassies, 53 consulates-general and several Permanent Missions.
^Arabic: وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون الإفريقي والمغاربة المقيمين بالخارج Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵡⴰⵙⵜ ⵏ ⵜⵖⴰⵡⵙⵉⵡⵉⵏ ⵏ ⴱⵕⵕⴰ ⴷ ⵓⵎⵢⴰⵡⴰⵙ ⴰⵡⴼⵔⵉⵇⵉⵢ ⴷ ⵉⵎⵖⵔⴰⴱⵉⵢⵏ ⵉⵣⴷⵖⵏ ⴳ ⵜⵎⵉⵣⴰⵔ ⵏ ⴱⵕⵕⴰ, romanized: tamawast n tɣawsiwin n bṛṛa d umyawas awfriqiy d imɣrabiyn izdɣn g tmizar n bṛṛa French: Ministère des Affaires étrangères, de la Coopération africaine et des Marocains résidant à l'étranger
^Until 2019, known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (French: Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération Internationale, MAEC, Arabic: وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون).
^Talebi, Tessa (13 June 2022). "Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for politics in Morocco". Project on Middle East Political Science. Retrieved 20 May 2024. The measures were announced by the Ministry of Interior, which is part of what is commonly referred to as "ministries of sovereignty" that fall under the『domaine réservé』of the king.
