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Morocco’s Islamist PJD party chooses new leader after defeat

By AFP
November 01, 2021

Rabat: Morocco’s main Islamist party, the Justice and Development Party (PJD) which had been in government for a decade before September elections, chose Abdelilah Benkirane as its new leader on Sunday. Benkirane, 67, a previous PJD leader who is popular among activists, was elected secretary general with more than 80 percent of the vote at an emergency party congress, the PJD said.