Unified Socialist Party (Morocco)

Political party in Morocco

Unified Socialist Party

الحزب الإشتراكي الموحد
Parti Socialiste Unifié

Secretary-General| Jamal El Asri
Founder| Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder
Founded| September 2005; 19 years ago (2005-09)
Headquarters| 9, Résidence Maréchal Ameziane, Rue Lamoricière, Casablanca
Ideology| Democratic socialism
Progressivism
Left-wing nationalism
Anti-imperialism
Left-wing populism
Political position| Left-wing
National affiliation| Federation of the Democratic Left (until 2021)
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Website
https://psu.ma/

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The Unified Socialist Party (French: Parti Socialiste Unifié, PSU; Arabic: الحزب الاشتراكي الموحد), previously known as the Party of the Unified Socialist Left (French: Parti de la Gauche Socialiste Unifiée, PGSU; Arabic: حزب اليسار الاشتراكي الموحد), is a democratic socialist political party in Morocco.

## History and profile

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The Unified Socialist Party is a mixture of various movements that sprung up throughout the 1960s and 1970s. It first started with the spin-off "23 Mars" (a reference to the 23 March 1965 students' uprising), a radical, Maoist student fraction of the largest group in opposition to the Moroccan monarchy, the National Union of Popular Forces.

The Party of the Unified Socialist Left was founded by Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder in 2002.[1] The Unified Socialist Party was founded in 2005 as a merger of the Party of the Unified Socialist Left and the “Fidélité à la Démocratie” association.[2]

The party boycotted the 2011 parliamentary election.[2] In 2012, Nabila Mounib became the secretary-general of the party, and the first woman to head a political party in Morocco.[3][4]

## References

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1. ^ Lise Storm (29 October 2007). Democratization in Morocco: The Political Elite and Struggles for Power in the Post-Independence State. Routledge. p. 92\. ISBN 978-1-134-06738-1. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
2. ^ a b "Morocco". European Forum. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
3. ^ Ramdane Belamri (12 September 2013). "Moroccan Socialist Party Leader Blasts Islamists". Al Monitor. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
4. ^ Maâti Monjib. "Winners and losers in a new political climate". Qantara. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

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Political parties in Morocco

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* National Rally of Independents (101)
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