Abdelouafi Laftit | |
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| عبد الوافي لفتيت | |
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| Minister of Interior of Morocco | |
| Assumed office 5 April 2017 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed VI |
| Prime Minister | Saadeddine Othmani Aziz Akhannouch |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Hassad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 29, 1967 Tafersit, Morocco |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | 4 |
Abdelouafi Laftit (Arabic: عبد الوافي لفتيت; born 29 September 1967) is a Moroccan politician, currently serving as Minister of the Interior since 5 April 2017.
Laftit was born in Tafersit. He graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1989, and the École des ponts ParisTech in 1991.[1][2] He is also married, with four children.[2]
Laftit previously worked in several positions in the regional and port sectors. On 24 January 2014, he was appointed Wali (governor) of the Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer region by King Mohammed VI, as well as of the Rabat prefecture.[2] He remained as Wali when the region was reorganized as Rabat-Salé-Kénitra in 2015.
In April 2017, Laftit was appointed by Mohammed VI as Minister of the Interior in the government of Saadeddine Othmani.[3] He retained his position in the cabinet of Aziz Akhannouch.[4]
On 2 April 2018, during a meeting at the Commission for the Interior, Local Authorities, Housing and Urban Policy in the House of Representatives and in the context of the 2017–2018 Moroccan protests, Laftit accused a number of organizations, including the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), the Democratic Way and the Islamist association Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane, of calling for demonstrations "in a vain attempt to blackmail the state" and serving the "interests of media outlets hostile to the Kingdom".[5] In response, the Moroccan Coalition of Human Rights Bodies said that Laftit intended to "reinforce censorship" and demanded an apology from him.[6]