Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Morocco) 3.3

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is the foreign affairs ministry of Morocco, responsible for implementing Morocco's foreign policy and ensuring relations with foreign states.Its head office is in Rabat and is one of the so-called "regalian" ministries alongside the ministries of Defense, Justice, Finance and the Interior.Since 5 April 2017, Nasser Bourita is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and is assisted by his junior minister, Abdelkrim Benatiq, who serves as the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of Moroccans living abroad and Migration Affairs.Organization and structureThe ministry was created by Dahir No. 1-56-097 of 26 April 1956, four months after the formation of the government of Mbarek Bekkay, first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morrocco. The ministry is headed by the Secretary of State, currently Mounia Boucetta since April 2017. As of 2017, the ministry manages and staffs 91 embassies, 53 consulates-general and several Permanent Missions.