Graduate, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Pétroles et Moteurs, Paris; PhD in Economics, University of Fez and University of Paris-Assas. Leading figure of the governing Justice and Development Party; has been instrumental in devising the party's economic strategy. Scholar on sustainable development and energy issues. 2011, elected to third term as Member of Parliament from Tangiers. Since January 2012, Minister of General Affairs and Governance of Morocco. Professor of Economics, and Head, Doctoral School's Energy Economics Department, University of Tangiers.