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Abderrahim Bouabid
Salé, Morocco
Archival Overview
Historic Moroccan socialist leader, Minister of National Economy, signatory of the 1944 Independence Manifesto, and stalwart leader of the democratic opposition under King Hassan II.
Biographical Record
Abderrahim Bouabid joined the Istiqlal nationalist movement as a teenager in Salé, becoming at age twenty-two the youngest signatory of the historic Moroccan Independence Manifesto on January 11, 1944. Imprisoned by French authorities, he was a key negotiator for the return of King Mohammed V in 1955.
Appointed Minister of National Economy and Deputy Prime Minister in 1956, Bouabid created the national currency (Moroccan Dirham) and founded the Bank Al-Maghrib. In 1975, he founded the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), leading the parliamentary opposition with unmatched eloquence and moral integrity for seventeen years.
Key Life Milestones
Signatory of the Independence Manifesto
Signed the historic national charter demanding full sovereignty and constitutional democracy for Morocco.
Signatory of the Independence Manifesto
Signed the historic national charter demanding full sovereignty and constitutional democracy for Morocco.
Signatory of the Independence Manifesto
Signed the historic national charter demanding full sovereignty and constitutional democracy for Morocco.
Establishment of the Moroccan Dirham
Architect of Moroccan monetary independence, creating the national central bank and sovereign currency.
Establishment of the Moroccan Dirham
Architect of Moroccan monetary independence, creating the national central bank and sovereign currency.
Establishment of the Moroccan Dirham
Architect of Moroccan monetary independence, creating the national central bank and sovereign currency.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialRabat, Morocco