Salaheddine Mezouar (Arabic: صلاح الدين مزوار – born 11 December 1953, Meknes) is a Moroccan politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 October 2013 until 2017.

Salaheddine Mezouar
Salaheddine Mezouar in Bonn, (May 2016) talking to prepare COP22
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
In office 10 October 2013 – 5 April 2017
Prime Minister	Abdelilah Benkirane
Preceded by	Saad-Eddine El Othmani
Succeeded by	Nasser Bourita
Minister of Economy and Finance
In office 15 October 2007 – 3 January 2012
Prime Minister	Abbas El Fassi Abdelilah Benkirane
Preceded by	Fathallah Oualalou
Succeeded by	Nizar Baraka
Minister of Industry and Commerce
In office 8 June 2004 – 15 October 2007
Prime Minister	Driss Jettou
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ahmed Chami
Leader of the Opposition
In office 29 November 2011 – 10 October 2013
Monarch	Mohammed VI
Prime Minister	Abdelilah Benkirane
Preceded by	Abdelilah Benkirane
Succeeded by	Hamid Chabat
Leader of National Rally of Independents
In office 23 January 2010 – 12 October 2016
Preceded by	Mustapha Mansouri
Succeeded by	Aziz Akhannouch
Personal details
Born	(1953-12-11) 11 December 1953 (age 68) Meknes, Morocco
Political party	National Rally of Independents
Occupation	Politician

Career

In 2004, he was appointed Minister of Industry, Trade and Restructuring of the Economy.

On 15 October 2007, he was appointed Minister of Economy and Finance.[1]

In January 2010, he was elected president of the National Rally of Independents party.[2][3][4]

Mezouar is also a former international basketball player.[5]

Treasury controversy

In July 2012 Mezouar was involved in a scandal related to wage bonuses along with Noureddine Bensouda, the chief of the Moroccan treasury.[6] Leaked documents, revealed that Bensouda and Mezouar issued orders to reward themselves with substantial monthly and quarterly bonuses.[6] The bonuses totaled roughly MAD97,772/month (US$12,000).[7] Mezouar declared that the bonuses were legal basing the decision on a 1941 decree by the French colonial-head which is still enforced. The French decree allowed such bonuses to be issued for high-ranking employees of the colonial administration.

The two employees who revealed this information, Abdelmajid Louiz and Mohammed Reda, were prosecuted and tried for leaking confidential documents.[6] On 21 March 2013, Alouiz was sentenced to two-months suspended prison and a MAD2,000 fine, while Reda was acquitted.[8] However both employees were excluded from their jobs.

See also

• National Rally of Independents
• List of foreign ministers in 2017

References

External links

• National Rally of Independents