Justice and Development Party (Morocco)

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The Justice and Development Party (Arabic: حزب العدالة والتنمية, romanized: ḥizb al-ʿadāla wat-tanmiya; Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵏⵣⵣⴰⵔⴼⵓⵜ ⴷ ⵜⴰⵏⴼⵍⵉⵜ, romanized: akabar n tanzzarfut d tanflit; French: Parti de la justice et du développement, PJD) is a political party in Morocco that advocates for Islamic democracy. It was the ruling party of Morocco following the 2011 and 2016 general elections, when it led coalition governments. It suffered a huge defeat in the 2021 election, when it only won 13 seats, compared to 125 in the previous election. The party was established in its current form in 1998 through the reorganization of the Constitutional Democratic Popular Movement (MPDC), a political party founded by Abdelkrim al-Khatib in 1967. The transformation followed the integration of members of the Movement of Unity and Reform (MUR), giving the party its present name and political orientation. Since then, the PJD has become one of Morocco's principal political parties, advocating...

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