Abdelkader Aamara

Abdelkader Aamara ( - born 28 January 1962) is a Moroccan politician. He is a member of the Justice and Development Party and is its Chief Treasurer.

Dr Abdelkader Amara holds a Doctorate from the Hassan II Agronomic and Veterinary Institute in 1986, where he later became a Professor until the year 2002. He has also worked as a scientific advisor at the World Science Organization based in Sweden for around 10 years.

On 3 January 2012 he was nominated as the Minister for Industry, Trade and New Technologies in the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane.

Between 2013 and 2016 he was the Minister for Energy, Mines, Water and Environment and since 5 April 2017 he has been the minister for Equipment, Transport and Water Logistics in the cabinet of El Othmani. From 2 August to 20 August 2018 he also took an interim job as the Minister for Economy and Finance following the firing of Mohamed Boussaid.

He was found positive to Coronavirus on 14 March 2020.

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