Abdelkader Aamara

Abdelkader Aamara (Arabic: عبد القادر اعمارة - born 28 January 1962, in Bouarfa) is a Moroccan politician who serves as the President of Morocco's Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), succeeding Ahmed Reda Chami. Amara's appointment to this senior public service position as the head of the CESE by His Majesty King Mohammed VI on 24 March 2025 is viewed as a bid to ensure that this consultative constitutional body continues to provide expert advice on Morocco's socioeconomic and environmental challenges. Echoing the pluralist spirit of the 2011 Constitution under which it was created, the CESE fosters dialogue among government, unions, employers, and civil society, offering recommendations on issues falling within its ambit. Prior to his current position, he held several political posts. On 3 January 2012, he was appointed Minister for Industry, Trade and New Technologies under Abdelilah Benkirane's government.Thereafter, he served as Minister for Energy, Mines, Water and Environment from 2013 to 2016. Between 5 April 2017 and 7 October 2021, he held the position of minister of Equipment, Transport and Water Logistics under the government of El Othmani. He also served as Minister by interim on two occasions: Minister of Health from October 2017 to January 2018, following the dismissal of Mr. Houcine El Ouardi, and Minister of Finance from August 2 to August 20, 2018, following the dismissal of Mr. Mohamed Boussaid. Furthermore, Dr. Amara has been a Member of Parliament representing Salé since 2002 and was re-elected in 2007 and 2011.He officially left the Justice and Development Party (PJD) on 25 September 2023. Concerning the academic side, he holds a Doctorate from the Hassan II Agronomic and Veterinary Institute, earned in 1986, where he also served as a Professor until 2002. He worked for ten years as a scientific advisor to the World Science Organization, based in Sweden.